James Cook

"Before you embark on a journey of vengeance, dig two graves." - Confucius. With the dark cloud of civil war gathering on the horizon, Gabriel Garrett struggles to protect his new home and the new life he has just begun. But as he soon learns, a man's past has a way of catching up with him, and...

Eric Riordan doesn't look for trouble, but trouble has a way of finding him. Two years have passed since the Outbreak, and after joining forces with his friend Gabriel, he has managed to stay alive by fleeing to the peaks of the Appalachian Mountains. With supplies running low, and enemies...

When the world ends, some men find redemption in the ashes. Aiden Wyatt was a drug dealer, a thief, and a lost cause—until the System descended on Earth. Now, in a world where stats mean survival and monsters roam the wilderness, Aiden’s criminal past is his greatest weapon.

Eric Riordan was once a wealthy man leading a comfortable, easy life. Until one day Gabriel, his oldest friend, Marine Corps veteran, and a former mercenary, told him how the world was going to end. He did his best to prepare. He thought he was ready for anything. He was wrong. As the dead rise...

There are many who do not wish for peace. As the Free Legion declares war on the survivors of Hollow Rock, Gabriel and Eric find themselves drawn ever deeper into the growing conflict. Aided by a fledgling militia, and a small contingent of federal operatives, the two warriors must find a way to...

For years, exiles from North Korea, China, and Russia have terrorized the Western Seaboard of post-Outbreak America. And, for years, the remnants of the US military have struggled to defeat them. No more. After US forces cripple the enemy's ability to wage war, the North Koreans and their allies...

For Caleb Hicks, survival means hiding in plain sight. Trained from a young age to be a super-soldier, he has worked hard to keep his abilities hidden. But after a disastrous mistake forces him into military service, hiding his skills becomes increasingly difficult. To maintain his cover, he...

Since the collapse of civilization, the United States government has fought hard to hold together what little is left of the nation that once was. At their epicenter of power in Colorado Springs, those who hold the reins of government believe they are unassailable....

Gabriel Garrett has seen it all. War, hardship, and violence have chased him at every turn, but Gabriel has weathered every challenge. Now, however, he faces a battle far more dangerous than any he has endured.

Gabriel Garrett has faced many challenges. The battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the CIA, several years as a mercenary, and the end of the world among them. But now he faces a challenge none of his training, expertise, or combat experience have prepared him for - fatherhood. With a new...

Eric Riordan thought he had seen the worst the post-outbreak world had to offer. He was wrong. As the Midwest Alliance puts plans in motion to touch off a civil war, Eric and a group of elite warriors are recruited to stop them. To prevent disaster, they will venture into the heart of enemy...

Power builds in silence—and strikes without warning. Aiden Wyatt has carved out his place in a world controlled by the System, but ruling Earth means more than surviving—it means conquering the planet.

In the desert wastelands of the American Southwest, one man stands alone. Alexander Muir, a once-renowned professional fighter, has spent the last six years surviving the only way he knows how: on his own. In a land where the golden rule is to make allies or die, he has stayed alive against all...

For six years, against all odds, Alexander Muir survived on his own in the Arizona desert. Now, after signing on with a volunteer militia, he has found love, made friends, and discovered a renewed sense of purpose. However, all is not well in his new life. The world is still ruled by the dead...

Step into a world of intrigue and magic in The Servant and the Mage, the first novel in an all-new progression fantasy saga from the author of Path of Violence and the acclaimed Surviving the Dead series...