Dark Nation

When the entire world collapses, there is no escape… When an EMP ends life on Earth as she knows it, Deb is lucky enough to fall in with a group of hardworking survivors… or so she thinks. But her good fortune quickly turns into a nightmare, and soon her only goal is to escape. But can she keep herself and her friends from being captured by Mike, and dragged back to his group of human traffickers? Deb reluctantly takes the mantle of leadership, and it falls to her to make the tough decisions. The harsh terrain and weather are merciless. A single mistake could lead to people getting hurt, or worse. And Mike's traffickers are a constant threat. Their only hope of survival may come down to the kindness of others. But Deb has been betrayed before. Is it possible there really are people willing to help? And can Deb let her guard down enough to trust them?

When the world falls into chaos, there is no escape… After an EMP attack plunges the world into a new dark age, Deb is lucky enough to fall in with a group of hardworking survivors… Or so she thinks. But her good fortune quickly turns into a nightmare when the group is captured by human traffickers, led by a vicious madman named Mike. Forced to flee into the wilderness, the role of leader falls to Deb. All she wants to do is keep her people safe. But in this savage new world, danger lurks around every corner. Mike is hot on the group's trail. He'll stop at nothing to reclaim Carol, a woman pregnant with his child. And he doesn't care who he has to hurt to get her back. When Deb learns that her ex-husband, Colton, and Carol's children, are nearby, she's determined to reunite with them. She prays there will be safety in numbers. But with Mike hunting them down, is safety just a fleeting dream?

Justin Kena never knew his own strength. He was an average guy stuck working at a mediocre nonprofit in Washington, DC, unsure exactly where his next professional steps would take him. He was awkward, bored, lonely, and bordering on depression. With nothing to lose, he accepts a proposition from his friendly neighborhood corner boy that forever transforms his life.A guru and a hustler all at once, Dante earns Justin's trust and ushers him into a new and terrifying world just under the surface of the one he's always known. In this world, men and women are nothing more than food for daywalking vampires and housing for sinister demons. This lifestyle consumes Justin until he's not even sure he could turn back-or if he even wants to.Over the span of centuries and thousands of miles, from slave coffles in West Africa to the antebellum South; from the black sand beaches of Dominica to the back alleys of the nation's capital, Justin and Dante will live by the precepts of justice and redemption while satisfying their most carnal urges: A lust for blood…and a thirst for life.This is the Birth of a Dark Nation