Shattered Dawn
The six-book series starts with TORN APART...
A mysterious illness sweeps across the country, isolating a father and son from their home and family. Death stalks them at every turn and they must fight tooth and nail to return to their loved ones.
The #1 best-selling and most prolific post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus - working with best-selling author Kenny Soward - brings a new gripping tale of destruction, survival and humanity like no one else can.
A father and son trip to a concert in Florida turns into a hellscape when people start dying - in violent fashion - all around them. Barely escaping from the chaos, they are soon surrounded by death and destruction, with every route home blocked by new challenges.
Back home in Kentucky, the same scenes play out, revealing that the mysterious deaths are not localized, but are part of a larger disaster that has spread across the continental United States in a systematic fashion.
With food and water supplies being suspected as the chief cause of the deaths, the millions who have died in the first few hours are soon joined by hundreds of millions more, some succumbing to the illness while even more die from thirst and starvation.
As threats close in on the survivors of this disaster, one truth becomes clear: only the bravest and most tenacious will survive.
Bob and Jimmy pick their way across Florida both on foot and on whatever transport they can muster. Meanwhile, Holly and her daughters prepare as best they can on the farm as the threat of violence closes in on them in Book 2 of Shattered Dawn.
After a storm drags them out to sea, Bob and Jimmy's chances of surviving hang by a thread until they encounter help in a most unexpected form. On the family farm, Holly, the girls and their group of neighbors in Book 3 of Shattered Dawn.
After traveling through Savannah, Bob and his son face unexpected dangers deep in the forest. On the home front, Holly's parents unexpectedly arrive at the farm, though the joy at their reunion is quickly muted as more threats begin to emerge in Book 4 of Shattered Dawn.
Closer than ever to home, Bob and Jimmy's run-in with a familiar face brings a ray of hope, but dangers still abound for the rest of the family at the homestead in Book 5 of Shattered Dawn.
While Bob and Jimmy have made it back to Kentucky, their journey is anything but over. With Holly and Clint captured by an egotistical maniac, they must rally the help of their family and friends to rescue their loved ones and reunite once and for all in Book 6 of Shattered Dawn.
