Jared: The Thin Line (The Story of Jared Book 1)

He tried to dismantle the new world order before it took root. Now, he’s trapped in the fallout of its success.Jared Brandt was the whistleblower who saw the shadow rising. After failing a desperate assassination attempt on the organization’s leader and the subsequent global collapse, he vanished from the ruins of Washington D.C., seeking refuge in the deep woods of Vermont. He hoped the opportunity that the global collapse provided would finally let him stay incognito.But The American Order doesn't forget.While D.C. remains a dark zone, the same tyrannical force Jared tried to oust has surfaced in the Green Mountains, led by one of the very men he targeted. Now calling themselves the new United States government, they are turning the state into a testing ground for a permanent national dictatorship.Jared’s mission to stay hidden is compromised when he finds a new reason to fight: a family that took him in when he was nothing but a fugitive. But his presence is a vulnerability. As he navigates a landscape infested with Ravagers and the predatory Nightstalker, Jared must decide if protecting his new home means returning to the cold-blooded tactics of his past.In a world where the laws of physics and morality are both fracturing, Jared faces a crossroad: Is it murder if it's for survival? Or is he just another gear in the machine of the fog of war?The line between freedom fighter and an instrument of tyranny has never been thinner. Read more