WHAT CAME AFTER is the Amazon bestseller written by Jon Clinch (FINN, KINGS OF THE EARTH) under his pen name, Sam Winston. ----- The apocalypse doesn't need plagues or zombies or bombs. All it needs is us. Set in the very near future, WHAT CAME AFTER takes place in a too-credible third-world America that's been hijacked by corporations in the service of the wealthy. The Federal government has collapsed, health care is inaccessible, and pri...

Sam Winston’s WHAT CAME AFTER was that rarest of achievements—a post-apocalyptic adventure that appealed equally to readers of both sci-fi and literary fiction. Despite an unknown author and no marketing budget, WHAT CAME AFTER quickly found an audience and became an Amazon bestseller in a matter of weeks.Now Winston is back—along with his unassuming hero, Henry Weller—in a big and sprawling sequel, INTO THE SILENT WORLD.Beginning just moments after WHAT CAME AFTER ends, IN...

From the award-winning creative team of Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston comes an enchanting and imaginative picture book certain to delight word lovers of any age.Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantrum to ex...

Most of us in this world live a survivable, if not comfortable and secure life. But what if our secure, comfortable civilization were swept away in a moment of unimaginable violence and horror, along with ninety percent of the earth's population and we found ourselves living in another one of history's darkest moments? Would we be able to muster the same tenacity, creativity and determination that motivated our ancestors to survive and continue? Children of the Apocalypse is a story about ...

A worldwide event causes 99.9% of humanity to lose their sight. The remaining few try, in their lawful or unlawful ways, to survive. Technology like electric power continues for a time, but begins to fall apart as equipment fails and is not repaired.In the span of a few days, human society goes from the 21st century to a feudal or worse era. The little band that Grant McKenzie collects battles many adversities in their effort to get out of the city and find a safe haven.

Jack Montgomery is a police officer who was always willing to help protect the citizens in his beat. But when the President dies and the rest of the federal government implodes under the weight of national debt, chaos ensues. Jack faces a new job: keeping those close to him alive. With several friends in tow, the choices they make will ultimately set the stage for a showdown against the self appointed mayor of a small town who will stop at nothing to recreate the welfare state.

After the EMP - Building a FutureForced to leave Wisconsin or risk a civil war between his loyal subordinates and those of Major Charles Windham the third, the saga continues as our heroes and their families desperately struggle to survive the journey. Now, in a post-apocalyptic world, they must rely on their knowledge, training and instincts to escape destruction, disease and death.Battling their way up the Missouri, our stalwart group reaches the small town of Independence ...

Seven days after a world-wide anthrax attack:Governments have fallen.Water and food are scarce.And ten thousand tons of spent nuclear fuel rods are ready to spew radiation around the globe.Survivors must battle nature and each other to reach safety before the Earth's surface is sterilized.Redaction, Part II, The Meltdown--Will humanity be erased from the Book of Life?Warning: This book contains violence, cursing and disturbing sexual themes.

As the modern world becomes more advanced, it becomes more technologically dependent; thus more fragile.Technology, however, is its 'Achilles heel' so to speak. As this technology becomes increasingly complex and refined, it becomes more vulnerable to an EMP attack. When an individual country relies on such frail, delicate electronic systems to run the economy, industry, and the military, it inevitably leaves itself open to its enemies. For whatever political reason or religious doc...

For many people at Pierce Point and the rest of Washington State, the upcoming New Year is a time for hope, and belief that life is going to improve and the Collapse will end. For Grant Matson and the 17th Irregulars, the New Year means only one thing – war. The time has come, and they have received their orders from HQ. Grant must come clean with Lisa and tell her the truth about his work as he plans to abandon his family once again. While the Loyalists drunkenly and selfishly celebrate N...

The Children of Icarus (Chronicles of the Collapse, Book 5)For Nathan's group, things looked at their lowest.Though they had escaped the clutches of the slavers, it had not been without cost. A number of their own were dead at the slaver's hands or gone, kidnapped by Colonel Ryerson's men, including Nathan himself.Hiding in Albertville, with their compound now under the control of the Fortuna militia, the survivors rest and lick their wounds. Wounds which, alarmingly...

299 Days: The Stronghold, the fourth book in the 299 Days series, Grant Matson begins teaming up with others who will help the community of Pierce Point become a Patriot stronghold, ready to stand against government Loyalists, the Undecideds and the Oblivious. Using the United States Constitution as a guide, they develop a sense of order and begin planning for a future that shows no sign of improving. Outside of Pierce Point, the country continues its downward spiral. The Feds are rationin...