Upon Us: Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Blakely Chorpenning
(Belle-Merrick Publishing, Oct. 9, 2019)
What if the apocalypse was manufactured to save mankind?Threatened by an ailing planet and insatiable human advancement, world governments agreed to ban the modern way of life, cutting off electricity, technology, and medical services, dismantling the global economy for one hundred years.Twenty-five years have passed in this self-imposed darkness known as the New Beginning. Crops are dying and the sickness -a zombie-like plague of rotting flesh and fractured minds- is ravishing the East Coast of the United States. One woman has been entrusted by the clans to remedy their food shortage. Breaking the rules is nothing new, but She -a nameless nomad- must abduct a privileged villager named Ren, bringing her too close for comfort with his entitled world. Together, they discover the root of the plague as their desire for one another grows, even as the differences in their two worlds collide. Through deception, conspiracy, and the horrors of an expanding pandemic, love thrives where a world chose to die.