Before is a prequel to best-selling author Joe Nobody’s popular series, Holding Their Own. Bishop and Terri have just begun their romance when the Texan is dispatched to the Ukraine and assigned to protect critical company assets. He, along with Spider and the Colonel, become unwillingly entangled in an international plot to overthrow the government in Kiev. After thwarting an abduction, Bishop is forced to flee across Europe. While protecting an injured woman, he realizes she is the key to exposing the conspiracy that pits patriotism against political corruption. Pursued by hostile ...

Someone is trying to shake down Pete’s burgeoning business, threats of intimidation, arson, and murder hanging in the air. When the bar in Meraton is attacked, Bishop is pulled into a fast-paced, brutal conflict that threatens the recovery of post-apocalyptic Texas. The violence continues to escalate as the Texan travels the Lone Star Republic, trying to protect his friend and livelihood. He is up against a well-organized, ruthless foe that seems to have unlimited resources and will stop at nothing to dominate the Alliance. Ghosts of the mafia seem to have arisen in the Hill Country, a ...

With more twists and turns than a Texas tornado, best-selling author Joe Nobody’s new novel takes the reader on an action-packed, post-apocalyptic adventure. The 18th volume of the highly acclaimed, Holding Their Own series, Honor’s Edge is told in Bishop’s voice. A modern-day range war spills over into Texas, and soon Bishop finds himself embroiled in the conflict. The Texan is caught between a ruthless gang and the cunning men who will stop at nothing to take them down. Meraton becomes ground zero as the vicious, swirling conflict threatens the republic’s survival. Outmaneuvered, ...

The border town of Forest Mist resides in the Great Piney Woods and is famous throughout the Alliance for its lumber and rare hardwoods. In need of building materials for their new ranch home, Bishop and Terri travel east. It is the couple’s anniversary, and both feel the need for a change of scenery. As they cross Texas, they discover a dark confrontation simmering just under the surface of Alliance society.

The planet is plunged into darkness after a pair of massive solar flares overwhelm earth’s protective magnetic field. The electrical and communication grids are destroyed, leaving behind a stunned, bewildered, and unprepared population to deal with the aftermath. Cell phones no longer function, television screens are dark, and the radio waves carry nothing more than static. With no electricity and few operating vehicles, the government ceases to function in a matter of hours. Colonel Levi York, retired, was looking forward to life as a civilian, away from the responsibilities and stress ...

The constant struggle to survive begins to weigh on the people of Village Palms as the apocalypse wears on. Shortages begin to ravage the community as a series of deadly raids threaten their lives. Levi and the Grey Wolves are suffering from attrition, the casualties from repeated skirmishes beginning to mount. Desperate for solutions, the Palm’s leadership forges a partnership with the nearby community of Gypsy Bluff, but it is not a marriage made in heaven. Competing priorities, jealously, and differing agendas soon lead to disagreements. The Raiders are growing more aggressive, their ...

When a series of devastating terror attacks brought down the United States, Conor and Barb assumed they were safe in their compound. They had everything they needed. They were armed and highly trained. But then, Barb was kidnapped. The kidnappers didn’t know why Conor was known as The Mad Mick. They didn’t know the fear and respect his name invoked in the shadowy underworld of covert operations. They didn’t know that when it came to protecting his family, he was without conscience, without compassion, and without equal. But they would soon find out.

This first book of the Holding Their Own series, A Story of Survival, is set in the year 2015, when the world is burdened by the second Great Depression. The United States, already weakened by internal strife, becomes the target of an international terror plot. A series of attacks results in thousands of casualties and disables the country's core infrastructure. The combination of economic hardship and the staggering blow of the terror attacks results in a collapse of the government.

If society collapsed, could you survive? When Morgan Carter's car breaks down 250 miles from his home, he figures his weekend plans are ruined. But things are about to get much, much worse: the country's power grid has collapsed. There is no electricity, no running water, no Internet, and no way to know when normalcy will be restored - if it ever will be.

As wave after wave of the Corona pandemic crisscrosses the planet, the economic and psychological impact of mandated lockdowns is pushing society toward the brink. When a new mutation, COVID-20, begins its deadly march, a population suffering from virus fatigue doesn’t heed the warnings, and the survival rate plummets. Hyper-inflation rears its ugly head, fueled by desperate government stimulus programs created to support a crumbling economy. Already profoundly divided politically, civilization succumbs to turmoil and anarchy. Best-selling author Joe Nobody’s new novel, COVID-21 follows...

Assimilating mountains of raw data, artificial intelligence has developed the ability to accurately predict behavior, and its prophecy is alarming. Mankind is doomed. The apocalypse is on the horizon. Billions will die as society slides into complete anarchy. Something must be done. The cure isn’t simple or clean. To avoid a collapse, the government of the United States must be overthrown, a new form of rule established. The rest of the world will have no choice but to follow. The silicon mastermind attacks, unleashing chaos, confusion, and destruction on the American justice system – ...

When an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power grid and communications, college freshman Maddie Langston is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out, Maddie is in a race against time. According to her father, she doesn’t have long before the city descends into chaos. She must leave the airport before it is too late. The perilous journey out of the city becomes even more complicated when Maddie takes responsibility for an orphaned ten-year-old girl. Together, as chaos fills the streets, they must fight to survive in a Turbulent new world.

America has fallen to a catastrophic stealth attack and a ground invasion of the continental United States has begun. Sacramento teenager, Jack Monaghan, has just buried his parents and needs to work out what to do. Trouble is, his older sister has locked herself in her room and won't eat, drink or talk to him—let alone sit down and plan what they'll do to survive.

With no power, no heat, and a total grid collapse, tough times keep getting tougher. But when America is struck with an EMP, this small group of survivors will be forced out of the frying pan and into the fire. Only there can they fight for their homes, their families, their community, and their right to be free from the restraints of an oppressive world force.

Dan Slaughter has given up on appearances. With his wife dead and his kids grown, he’s slowly reverting back to the east Tennessee boy he used to be three decades earlier. He quit cutting his hair and started smoking pot. He drinks when he wants to and sings along with the classic songs of his lost youth.