It's 2008 and George W. Bush is still president. In this page-turning post-apocalyptic thriller, Roy M. Griffis explores an alternate timeline in which America falls victim to coordinated attacks by Islamic jihadists and opportunistic Chinese Communists. Three years later, the nation is broken and the man called "Lonesome George" is in hiding, leading the resistance from a secret location. Multiple plot lines skillfully braid the tales of survivors in various parts of the country: Whistler, the reluctant commander of a band of mostly teen-aged guerrillas in Arizona. Karen, a former congressional aide, who stumbles through the radioactive and political rubble of Washington DC while Molly, a leftwing columnist in San Francisco, finally puts her talents to good use on underground radio as the voice of Americans unwilling to submit to their oppressors. Alec, a famous Hollywood actor, loses his wife and daughter in the nuclear attack on Los Angeles and becomes a legendary leader whose name brings fear and death to the invaders. Written in gripping detail, this is a vivid imagining of an America staggered but not defeated and of the citizen-heroes rise to defend their families and their country.

Author Biography

Roy "Griff" Griffis has been a waiter, a janitor, a book salesman and a USCG Rescue Swimmer, finding this last occupation most similar to being a writer: "At the end of the day, it all comes down to what you, and you alone, do."