Another great read by Cooper. Spoiler alert.
This one starts ten years after the collapse. Ryker has just killed two men who invaded his home that a cabin in the middle of nowhere. His wife Jane and his three kids, all delivered by him, survive. Ryker now knows he's going to have to abandon the cabin that has been home since the collapse.
Wife Jane was a flight nurse before the collapse and Ryker was a soldier who spent years in the sandbox fighting wars. He's one very capable killer when the need arises and Jane is and always has been his rock. His kids are loved and cared for. But now Jane decides they need to go to Franklin. Its a town survivors live in. Ryker isn't keen but he knows the cabin isn't safe anymore. If those two morons could find them, then anyone could. The next visitors might be more capable then the two men he killed.
Once in Town he heads for Pete's. Its the closest thing to a store where items can be traded or bartered for. Money isn't worth anything anymore unless you want to use it to wipe your ass with. Ammunition, guns, cats, dogs and anything else you can eat is the real earner now.
Ryker makes a bargain with Pete. Ryker will make ammunition, something he's very good at, in return for a room for he and his family. Pete is more than happy. Ammunition is always needed and the fact that Ryker is a whiz at making it is a talent worth its weight in gold.
Pete tells him that the Tennessee Zone is looking for recruits and many are signing up for food, safety and protection. Ryker isn't ready to rejoin any Army. He had enough of that when he was a soldier. A soldier with a glorious past that no one knows about.
All that changes when Jane is attacked as she's gathering herbs and other medical plants. Ryker gets the location where she was taken and heads out seeking revenge. While in the treeline and getting ready to kill these men, three of them, he's stopped by a tall man with an Ipad. A pad that identified him as a member of the Tennessee Zone army. He's a general and his man capture the three men and pull the women and kids who were obviously prisoners out of that cabin they were in. The man, who identifies himself as The General tells him to come to HQ and meet him. The General could always use a real soldier and he recognizes Ryker as just that. Ryker as of now isn't interested.
That all changes when two of he and Jane's kids come down with some illness. They need a doctor and medicine which is something he can get at the Tennessee Zone HQ. He will have to sign up to get it but its worth it to Ryker. Pete has an old truck and takes the family to where the Zone trucks will be to pick up those wanting to join and Ryker, Jane and the kids are headed for that HQ.
So begins one damned fine read.
This one has Ryker with a past only his wife Jane is aware of, his three kids, the General, Gregor, boot camp, a Ryker who's already been through boot camp, a Gregor who recognizes Ryker, a Ryker who asks him to keep things on the down low, an attack at Cumberland where boot camp is held, a Ryker who saves the day, a Ryker who they call a hero, a Ryker who joins the Squads, the General with a mission for Ryker, a mission involving the disappearance of a squad in Boulder, a Ryker and his team that find the bodies, a Ryker and team who get a note telling them where to go to see the killers of the squad, a Ryker who kills a crazy man and knows where to shoot to disable the bomb he has wired with a hundred victims set to die, a Ryker who is wanted by the Fed, the Fed that Ryker thinks isn't around anymore, a meeting in a bunker that full of growing crops, cattle, chickens, horses and his Father, a Father he thought was dead, the VP who he also thought was dead, Cybots that caused the collapse in the first place, a Father with a plan he calls the Patriot Protocol that includes Ryker, a Ryker who doesn't trust his Father at all, a Ryker who needs to speak with Jane, friends, enemies and Ryker doing his best to figure it al out, save his family and stay alive.
Five Stars. Damned good read.
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