A NOVEL BY BURT WALKER

The twisted world of mainstream news and social media becomes the catalyst for social upheaval, entangling Steven Bryant in a frantic fight for the lives of his family and friends. A news story goes viral, causing their once normal lives to take a dangerous turn when a flawed medical research study suggesting man’s best friend might be his worst enemy.

Chaos erupts and a near total collapse of society looms in a perfect storm of government corruption, political correctness, and social justice movements. Steven unwittingly finds himself the leader of a struggle for survival as America’s civil structure and social fabric is exposed as a house of cards. Sworn enemies become allies when faced with a common cause and friends and family members become bitter enemies as they confront hunger and widespread violence in a threat to their very survival.

Steven Bryant’s heart jumped from calm to explosive in a fraction of a second. His pulse was pounding in his ears and he recognized his old nemesis, panic, rearing its ugly but familiar head. Awakened from a sound sleep with a phone call at 1:00 a.m. from his 23 year old daughter was alarming enough. But when he heard uncontrollable sobbing on the other end, he knew something devastating had happened. He looked at his wife Jenny and mouthed his daughter’s name. “It’s Frances.”