Books with title Badlands: A Post-Apocalyptic Journey

Although Tom Miller calls the Manti-La Sal mountains of Central Utah his home, he's roamed all over the Southwestern United States in the ten years since global nuclear war destroyed civilization. When a convoy of settlers from Utah Valley fleeing the horror of a fallout zone larger than they'd realized offer him a job guiding them to a new life in Texas, he's dubious of their chances of even making it through the badlands. But he needs a new horse and the pay is right, so he agrees.Kristy Graham hasn't left her little farming community in Utah Valley since before the nukes flew. But now, mourning the death of her husband to radiation sickness, she must get herself and her young son Skyler to Texas and the new life they plan to start there. It's going to be a brutal journey pushing a handcart for hundreds of miles through some of the hottest, driest, most inhospitable terrain in the US. Thankfully she's not alone, sharing the burden of handling the large cart with her friends the Hendricksons, who've been a second family to her and her son since their tragic loss.It's a long ways to Texas, where word of prosperity thanks to trade with groups in Mexico and nations even farther south has drawn a stream of settlers from all the nearby states. But rumors abound that the prosperity has also drawn bandits and other unsavory sorts to the area, preying on the convoys traveling to and from the new trade outpost.The journey to Texas will be difficult and dangerous enough even without the threat of attack, and it's on Tom's shoulders to lead them safely to their new lives. Then he can get back to his own peaceful, solitary life up in the mountains. Or at least that was the plan before he met Kristy.

On the 21st March, 2018, the world shut down. Everything which used a conventional power source simply died, causing the world to grind to a halt. Two years later, ALICIA ORTIZ, a young Spanish woman, finds herself waking up in this powerless world with no memories of who she is. All she has is an I.D. card from a science facility somewhere in Spain. As she tries to come to grips with her situation, she meets JONAS TENNANT, a mysterious man with a gruff exterior but a heart of gold. Alicia soon learns that she is in Ireland and that the world has become a dangerous wasteland where fear of attack is constant and hope of survival is minimal.Alicia desires to get back to Spain, hoping to find not just answers about herself but also the power outages. Jonas agrees to accompany her due to a desire to find answers as well. Together, the two decide to search for answers, not just about who Alicia is but what has caused the outages. This journey leads them from Ireland through England, France and Spain, and along the way, they witness how a lack of power has affected different societies and different people. Together, they must overcome political power struggles, cities fallen to gang warfare and the dangers of nature in an isolated and unhelpful world. But will the journey leave them with the answers they seek? And if they get those answers, will they wish they never had?"Black Out" is a novel from upcoming Irish writer, David Dunne (B.A., B.Phil, M.A., P.G.D.E.).

On the 21st March, 2018, the world shut down. Everything which used a conventional power source simply died, causing the world to grind to a halt. Two years later, ALICIA ORTIZ, a young Spanish woman, finds herself waking up in this powerless world with no memories of who she is. All she has is an I.D. card from a science facility somewhere in Spain. As she tries to come to grips with her situation, she meets JONAS TENNANT, a mysterious man with a gruff exterior but a heart of gold. Alicia soon learns that she is in Ireland and that the world has become a dangerous wasteland where fear of attack is constant and hope of survival is minimal. Alicia desires to get back to Spain, hoping to find not just answers about herself but also the power outages. Jonas agrees to accompany her due to a desire to find answers as well. Together, the two decide to search for answers, not just about who Alicia is but what has caused the outages. This journey leads them from Ireland through England, France and Spain, and along the way, they witness how a lack of power has affected different societies and different people. Together, they must overcome political power struggles, cities fallen to gang warfare and the dangers of nature in an isolated and unhelpful world. But will the journey leave them with the answers they seek? And if they get those answers, will they wish they never had? "Black Out" is a novel from upcoming Irish writer, David Dunne (B.A., B.Phil, M.A., P.G.D.E.).