Defiant

Comply or fight back?Bury your head or confront the enemy, but are they really the enemy? Who decides what's best for Alaskans? Mandates from on high, for the greater good. Reduce violence. Eliminate hunger. Save the people by dehumanizing them. Make them dependent. Take the citizens' voice. Remove their claws.Cory Beringer's old man took him to Rhodesia to fight as a mercenary when the boy was thirteen. Who does that? Someone who believes when society falls, it won't be a catastrophic train wreck. It will be the slow death of a glacier overtaking a town.His old man fought a guerrilla war to help others. He taught him about freedom and its value by showing what happened to people without liberty.Civilization is defined by those in power. That's not the security anyone wants.Is it possible to find allies or will Cory have to go it alone? One by one, the dominos start to fall. When is it too late? When will he be crushed by a growing authoritarian behemoth?Is it enough to simply survive to fight another day? Maybe the battle is worth risking his life.Defiant is a slow-burn fall toward a dystopian future. It is an in-your-face post-apocalyptic reality that could be now. Atlas Shruggedmeets 1984 in Alaska. Look for the signs. They're out there. Refuse to let the weeds take root. Defiant! Join the resistance today. ​​​​​​​This book is completely human written - fighting the good fight against the machine. I'm retired from the Marine Corps, spending time both as enlisted and as an officer. Then I went to law school, took my law degree into business consulting where I became a business diagnostics specialist and leadership coach. I retired from that at age 52 because I was away from home way too much. That's when I started writing full time, and I have not looked back since. This is a great ride! I have a variety of stories now since I've been at this for a little while, lots of short stories so you can see if you like my style. I have a number of best selling novels in categories that matter to me - space opera, military scifi, Space Marine, colonization, and genetic engineering. As a serial daydreamer, it's nice to finally get the stories on paper (virtual and digital paper, that is).Visit my web page, craigmartelle.com for the latest posts and updates or find me on Facebook, Author Craig Martelle. Send an email to craig@craigmartelle.com to join my mailing list for the latest on new releases, information on old releases, and anything related to my books.