The Borrowed World reached #1 in both Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction and Dystopian Fiction. This genre-topping survival series has spawned a fictional universe with two spin-off series, over two dozen books, and over a million copies sold series wide.
It's been nine long month since the United States spiraled into chaos due to a cascading systems failure. The die-off everyone predicted has begun and after a hard winter nearly every other house sits empty with the owners dead or unaccounted for. Lately the power has flickered on and off a few times, raising hopes that power restoration is coming soon.But how do you put the genie back in the bottle?
Violence is everywhere.
Disease is rampant.
Hundreds of thousands are dead.
Insurance can never pay for the damage and loss that has occurred.
The economy will take years to restore if it can be restored at all.
From the recesses of a fractured government comes a plan to restore order and rescue what remains of the population. The first step comes with restoring power. But what if having access to electricity came at such a price that many -- like Jim Powell, his friends, and his neighbors -- would rather face a future in the dark.