Red State Earth

Five Families. One Shattered Nation.

World War III was even uglier than anyone had feared. The nuclear bombs were bad; the Chinese-engineered plagues were worse. Those who died in the Five Day War had it easy—it was the survivors who dug out of the rubble only to face starvation, chaos and bandit gangs who had to live through hell.

In Texas and across the American South five extended families approach survival and rebuilding in their own way. The Newcastles, who have roots in Texas centuries ...