2026 - Lee E. Compton

People said it wouldn't happen, but it did.

The election brought in a wave of Nationalism that eroded the foundation of democracy, creating a country that ran on fear and darkness.

Sloan Raffienne is an adult, working in the city as a chef. But life as she knows it ends in the year 2026, just as it ends for everyone in her family and community and country. She must somehow find her way back to her mother, Clare, and the small town she grew up in, because she is no longer safe in the city. But even at home, surrounded by the expanse of the mountains and people who worked together to stay alive, things are not what they seem.

Because the soldiers are coming, and they are coming for Sloan and Clare and anyone who might be hiding out with them.

As the newly elected President's army gathers to carry out his commands, whispers of invasion spread through the community. A sickness is coming to sweep this small community away, all for one madman's obsession, as a country reckons with the devastating consequences of an election gone wrong.