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Massive hurricanes strike the East and Gulf coasts of the US and a devastating terrorist attack soon follows.
As the economy falters and the grid collapses, a young family escapes from Atlanta to their cabin in the mountains as the world around them explodes into chaos and violence.
The Second Layer of Hell contains 19 chapters and approximately 250 pages, and is the first installment in the Path of Survival series. The second installment, Blood Beyond the Abyss, is also available (see below).
A sample from The Second Layer of Hell is shown below.
The president poured a drink for Brannon and himself and said, "Talk to me, Hank. What do we try to save, what do we write-off? It's a hell of a mess, and we have limited resources. What's your take on it? Where's this headed?"
"May I speak freely and off the record, Mr. President?" he asked.
"By all means, Hank. We're just a couple of old friends having a drink on a Friday afternoon. And completely off the record. No blow-backs, you have my word on it."
Brannon slowly sipped his drink and then said, "Mr. President, you are not going to like what I have to say."
"Please, go ahead," the president said with a smile, "I'm not going to kill the messenger."
"Alright," he began, "the way I see it, it is going to be a shitstorm the likes of which no one in this country has ever seen. There is a danger of spreading our resources too thin and experiencing catastrophic failures on many different levels and on many different fronts. Regardless of what we do or don't do, the majority of the American people will survive. What is not certain is whether there will be continuity of government."
He paused for a moment and then continued, "For the sake of the Republic, I feel that we must consolidate our resources and make the survival of government our top priority. Reserve the energy and resources we have for Washington, the financial district in New York, the military, and the police at the federal, state and local levels. The bottom line is, if there is no government, there will be no United States. There will only be chaos, violence and anarchy. However, if the government survives, at some point we can have a country again."
"And the people are on their own, Hank?" the president asked.
"Yes, Mr. President, they are."
That conversation occurred 2 days ago, and alone in his office on Sunday, the president poured more bourbon. He had barely slept since his conversation with Brannon. He didn't like it, but he knew Brannon's assessment was accurate. The president decided to do whatever was necessary in order to ensure continuity of government.
As he looked out the windows of the Oval Office, he saw a military convoy in the distance. It was the arrival of the first contingent of the 100,000 soldiers he had ordered to Washington to protect the government from the people it was supposed to be serving.
He saw more fires in the distance, and the gunfire had become more frequent. "God help us when the American people figure out what is really going on," he said aloud.
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With the grid down, violence and anarchy spreads across the country as the world economy collapses and the US defaults on its debts. In Atlanta, a young man's family is murdered and he is left for dead. As he recovers and begins a new life in the mountains, a renegade general attempts to overthrow the US government, and the nation is pushed to the brink of civil war.
Blood Beyond The Abyss contains 22 chapters and approximately 260 pages, and is the second installment in the Path of Survival series. The third installment, A Dark Wind Of Vengeance, will be published in late 2012 or early 2013.
A sample from Blood Beyond The Abyss is shown below.
Just after midnight the two men began getting ready. They didn't expect any trouble and Doc took only a flashlight, small knife, blackjack and a .45 caliber pistol that held 8 rounds. Gus carried a .38 caliber revolver that held 6 rounds and he also had a knife. Neither man carried any extra ammunition.
There were several things the men were not aware of. Even though Rosa Escobar was 76 years old, she grew up in poverty in the slums of Bogota, Columbia. Conditions most Americans thought of as apocalyptic merely reminded Rosa of her childhood. In addition, her grandson Emilio had shown her how to shoot his beloved Pequeno Amigo.
Pequeno Amigo, or Little Friend, was a Remington semi-automatic shotgun with an extended magazine. It held nine 12-gauge shells and Emilio had loaded it to maximum capacity with rounds containing #1 buckshot. Each shell contained 12 pellets the size of small ball-bearings.
Doc and Gus also were not aware of Diablo. Diablo was a specially trained male Doberman Pinscher. Unlike most dogs, Diablo didn't bark at potential intruders. He patiently waited while they made their entry. Once they were inside, he was trained to attack without warning.
Doc and Gus stopped in front of Rosa's house and looked around. There was nothing unusual, but Gus had an uneasy feeling. He said, "We didn't do our usual amount of surveillance for this job. Are we even sure she's home?"
"Jesus, Gus, you are getting to be like an old woman yourself. It's after midnight and she's about 80 years old. Where the ---- else is she going to be? Of course she's home. Let's go."
They walked up to the large picture-window in the living room and looked inside. Seeing nothing unusual, both men drew their weapons and Doc shattered the window with his blackjack. It took several seconds to clear an opening large enough for Gus to climb through.
As soon as Gus stepped inside, Diablo attacked. The dog clamped-down hard on Gus's left leg with his powerful teeth and jaws. He screamed and fired blindly at the dog with his pistol. However, the dog had Gus's leg in his mouth and was shaking it back and forth. Gus couldn't take proper aim and both shots missed.
Doc didn't know what had happened. He was climbing through the hole in the picture window to come to his friend's aid when Rosa walked into the living room with Pequeno Amigo. Rosa knew that she was old, but what she lacked in strength, dexterity and marksmanship, she intended to make up for with hostility, determination and firepower.
She released the safety on the shotgun and started firing blindly into the living room. She intended to kill the intruders and Diablo was just going to have to take his chances with the flying buckshot.
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