Books in Independents series

After the adults die, children hope to survive the plague.Jimmy never thought he’d be spending the apocalypse farming in Nebraska and worrying about Hunter. But when the plague killed their parents, along with everyone over the age of seventeen, Jimmy suddenly became head of the household. Then the oldest kid in town turned eighteen and the plague chased him down. Now Jimmy has one more thing to worry about--and he’s running out of time.

The horseman War arrives with fire, igniting fear in Independents.War is coming and she rides a foul-tempered horse, setting fires to the farmhouses beyond the outskirts of Independents. Scout, the spiritual leader in town, is too wrapped up with personal issues to tend to his flock. He misses Raven. She was a part of home, his real home back in the Lou. They’re both memories, but he still loves her. Scout rides out into the Big Bad to search for his lost girlfriend and discovers that she is more lost to him than ever before. He must decide what he desires most as everything burns around him.

Insects plague the crops as Hunter struggles to protect the children survivors of the apocalypse.Grasshoppers have invaded Independents, and the crops are under attack. Hunter seeks out help from the kids in Cozad, but finds them served up like cold cuts at a deli to the emaciated horseman of the apocalypse known as Famine. Hunter discovers he is immune to physical harm, even though the pain from his brother’s death remains heavy on his shoulders. He knows everything will be all right if he holds himself together long enough to make it back home to Molly, unless Famine and his swarm of insects arrive there ahead of him.

Death stalks the kids of Independents as the Beast rises.Plague, famine and war have taken their toll on the kids living in Independents. Now the survivors of the apocalypse await the final horseman. Death is coming and no one is safe. After a reckless decision leaves Hunter at Death’s mercy, Molly must armor herself with faith if she hopes to rescue Hunter and protect Independents from the rising of the Beast.