"A rousing SF tale that stars a warrior hero with a strong moral center." - Kirkus Reviews
For a decade, Earth has known nothing but suffocation, with sweeping clouds of neon death covering the surface. The pressure of self-preservation forces survivors to harden their hearts in the first book of The Northfield Saga: Apocalypse Bounty, a captivating sci-fi book about a post-apocalyptic world plagued with a gas that is fatal to humans.
The action-packed page-turner follows the life of Mark Northfield, operating as a lone mercenary employed by a shadowy organization. His only comfort is the memory of his dead wife, and he lives by two final promises to her: never let go of life, and never let the world turn him into someone worse than the man she married. When a vengeful adversary blackmails Northfield into an assassination mission, his hope of keeping both vows shatters. If he refuses to complete the mission, he faces execution. He must either accept his death or corrupt himself. More lies in his decision than the state of his soul. Unknown to him, his target holds the key to saving the world.
Mark Northfield has lost track of time. The days, the weeks, and the months blend together while he sits in the Network’s dank prison.
After the detonation of Zeus’s Mercy, the Network’s secret device, the city is rid of the toxic gas that plagued its citizens for a decade. Yet, the death and destruction seem far from over.
His world only darkens when a new prisoner arrives in his cell block: Geralt Salb, the leader of the Yellowbacks. He is a man that Northfield once considered an ally, turned to a tenuous ally. His capture means that the Yellowback’s rebellion against the Network has failed.
With both men in the Network’s possession, the organization’s ultimate plan for Northfield and Geralt is set into motion. The Network stronghold in the mysterious, neon-drenched city of New Medea wants them, for reasons they can’t fathom. All they know is that the Network will make them pay for their actions, one way or another.
Mark Northfield and Geralt Salb have escaped New Medea with Stormrise, but they are far from unscathed. Geralt Salb has received grievous injuries, and his life hangs in the balance.
General Arkland is determined to destroy Stormrise and he is willing to use every tool at his disposal. He fights not merely with guns. He also employs psychological warfare. If he drives the populace to apathy, then Stormrise will have no power. Mark Northfield hopes for the light, but things only seem to grow darker.
It is a battle of men, a battle of time, and a battle of wills, to secure the fate of New Medea and declare a vision for the post-apocalyptic future.
The Network wages a brutal war. For every person that Stormrise saves from the Network’s oppressive thumb, another two die in their place. Mark Northfield struggles against the relentless despair created by warring within a post-apocalyptic world. He tries to support his friends, but it’s a losing battle. His enemy, General Arkland, revels in the despair. Arkland will annihilate Stormrise by any means, and instilling hopelessness is one of his many tools.
Worse yet, Arkland has manpower and technology on his side. With the creation of a dangerous new weapon codenamed V2, he aims to not only end the war, but any chance of resistance. Forever. Despite how stacked the odds are against Mark Northfield, he won’t give up the fight. Not when his friends and the future of New Medea hang in the balance.
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