T. L. Payne

When an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power grid and communications, college freshman Maddie Langston is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out, Maddie is in a race against time....

Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Pre-med student Raine Caldwell is about to find out. The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves, after one of their own is taken....

In an instant, everything stops. No lights. No phones. No transportation. When coordinated EMP and Cyber attacks wipe out the nation’s power grid and communications, ultra-marathon runner, Maddie Langston, is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out...

After surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wannabe dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead. Old friends pitch in to help until a more deadly foe arrives to put all of their lives at risk. A...

In the aftermath of a catastrophic EMP attack, sixteen-year-old Serenity Jones finds herself thrust from the hardships of homelessness into a harrowing struggle for survival in a world plunged into darkness and chaos....

A massive cyber-attack crippled half the nation's power grid. A super EMP took care of the rest. While a cyber-attack crippled half the nation’s power grid, enemies of the United States launched an super EMP over the midwest sending the nation back to the stone age. For Raine Caldwell and...

A new threat emerges...from an unexpected source. Lives hang in the balance. As Maddie, Zack, and their group struggle to secure the cabin, the community grapples to find justice in a lawless world when a girl goes missing. Amid turmoil and bloodshed, Maddie learns that evil comes in all shapes...

A catastrophic EMP attack. A world plunged into darkness. Suddenly, everything stops. No power. No transportation. No communications. When the lights go out and panic grips her town, Serenity Jones is forced to run for her life.

Their world is about to be turned upside down. Nine months after the lights went out, Maddie Langston and the other survivors in Texas County just want to replenish their food stores and prepare for the next winter but an unexpected encounter with a stranger takes all their lives in a whole...

In an instant, an EMP attack plunges the nation into chaos. Young parents Ethan and Brooke Spencer are on a romantic ski vacation in the Rockies when the lights go out, cars stall, and communications fail. Stranded 800 miles from home, they are desperate to return to their four-year-old twins...

Five days after the EMP, America is collapsing. Blayne Mitchener helped stop a president who was using AI brain implants to control the population. Now federal forces are hunting him through the Virginia mountains.

Just when Maddie thinks she has reached safety at her uncle’s farm, a new threat emerges sending her on the run in a race for her life....

Sam Wallace had prepared for the end of the world as we know it. But when an EMP attack strikes as he's two hundred miles away from home, his survival skills face the ultimate test.

Texas County, Missouri, is a powder keg ready to blow. As winter approaches, small-town issues become big trouble. Maddie Langston and her group of post-apocalyptic survivors are stretched thin. Vengeful old foes take advantage of weakened defenses. Without support, as supplies dwindle, citizens...

The lights go out. Cars stall. Communications fail. Cities descend into chaos. An EMP attack leaves single-father Will Fontenot and his son stranded in Houston, Texas. It's an all-out battle for survival. Wracked with guilt and struggling with PTSD from the accident that took his wife's life...

Alliances are made and lines are drawn as Maddie and her group come face to face with General Dempsey’s forces. Defiance is book seven in the Days of Want series. Other Books by T. L. Payne Days of Want Series Turbulent Hunted Turmoil Uprising Upheaval Mayhem Defiance Gateway to Chaos Series...

An EMP attack throws the nation into chaos. Ayden Miller received the call no son ever wants to hear—his mother is ill and not expected to make it. After saying goodbye to his girlfriend, Mia, and her three young sons, he returns to New York City, where he is suddenly thrust into a battle for...

In a race against time and fate, Ethan and Brooke have embarked on a harrowing journey, battling through eight hundred miles of treacherous territory over a grueling three weeks.

Blayne Mitchener made the choice to save free will—and unleashed a world of chaos to do it. Now, as fractured governments fight to reclaim control, he’s racing to hold together a fragile resistance before it collapses from within.

In the face of a world transformed by an EMP attack, the Spencer family has faced every challenge, every trial, and forged an unbreakable bond.