Thanks to my beautiful wife, Lisa (yes, she is named Lisa too), who has embraced my passion for writing, encouraged me always, and is my number one fan. To my Mom (Susan) and many friends including Patrick, Ruthie, Robin, and Mariclare who have all read the early versions of DESOLATION and helped me polish its rough edges.
Thank you to William Weber & Darrin Wearmouth for pre-reading this book and letting me know what you thought.
Finally, many advanced thanks to all my advanced copy readers/reviewers.
About ML Banner
ML Banner founded more than a dozen companies over the past thirty years, before he found his passion for writing. Quite by accident after reading about solar flares, he searched for a fictional book on the subject that was also strong on science. It didn’t exist, so he wrote STONE AGE (the prequel to DESOLATION), which became a #1 Best Seller (in Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction) in only three weeks. DESOLATION is his newest installment to the Stone Age World.
He and his wife split their time between Tucson, Arizona and Rocky Point, Mexico. If he is not penning his next novel or short story in apocalyptic fiction, you might find him on the beach reading a Kindle, with his toes in the water (the name of his publishing company).
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Part I
1. Deadly Waters
2. Life and Death
3. Feed My Children
4. Tired and Thirsty
5. Nurse Wilber
6. Lone Survivor
7. Just a Guest
8. Carrington Reid Gets Held Up
9. The Hotel
10. Defending Your Life
11. Seeking Help
12. The Great Escape
13. Giving Back
14. Clyde Wants Revenge
15. Mixed Blessings
16. Blood and Water!
17. Quick Decision
18. The Eunuch
19. Getting Help
Part II
20. Revelations
21. Baby on Board
22. New Friends and Enemies
23. Resistance Is Futile
24. Disconnected
25. Food Fight
26. Demands
27. More Demands
28. More Bad Guys
29. Preparing for a Fight
30. Making the Wright Choice
31. Cocktails, Anyone?
32. Big Guns
33. Defenses
34. Fire!
35. Panic
36. Death Has Found You
37. Agabus
38. Free Fallin’
39. Earthquake!
40. Collect Call
41. An Opening
42. Damage Assessment
43. You Can See China From Here
44. Fireball
45. The Sparks Started to Fly
46. Mushroom Clouds
47. Not Over Till It’s Over
48. The Proposal
49. Sadness and Signs
50. Adios
51. I Do
52. Going to a New Home
53. Together
Part III
54. Breaking Ground
55. Writing It All Down
56. A Trap?
57. New Home
58. It’s a Boy… and a Girl
59. How We Got There From Here
60. The Storyteller
61. The Promised Land
Excerpt: CICADA
Next in the Stone Age Saga - CICADA
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Copyright
DESOLATION is an original work of fiction.
The characters and dialogs are the products of this author’s vivid imagination.
Most of the science and the historical incidents described in this novel are based on reality, and so are its warnings.
Copyright © 2014 by M.L. Banner,
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
Cover Art: Damonza.com
Editor: Karen Conlin
Formatting: Polgarus Studio
Toes in the Water Publishing, LLC
