Haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, involving a French artist and her baby, Nick Burns, with only months left to live, enlists Jenny, a college dropout, to help him unravel the mystery, forcing them both to reckon with regret, betrayal and the lives they've left behind.

"Special Forces veteran Jeff Kirkham and survivalist Jason Ross hurdle toward their final confrontation after Kirkham seizes control of the Homestead and stands between Ross, his wife and his land. But the two men's personal vendetta may cost them everything as the Mexican cartel bears down in an armored thrust to subjugate the Rocky Mountain West. Only Jenna Ross, estranged wife of Jason Ross, sees the full measure of all that is at stake, and she...

"As December descends on a broken nation, and the Homestead survival compound squares off against Mother Nature and an unstoppable wave of human suffering---a violent flu, coupled with desperate mobs and a fanatical warlord drive them to the edge of extinction. The Special Forces warriors and their civilian fighters face a moral collapse at home as Jason Ross, the founder of the Homestead struggles with his demons, while a secretive group of Homestead...