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Prepper’s
Apocalypse
Book 1
Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival Fiction
by
AJ Newman
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Acknowledgments
This book is dedicated to Patsy, my beautiful wife of thirty-six years. She assists with everything from Beta reading to censor duties. She enables me to write, golf, and enjoy my life with her and our mob of Shih Tzu’s.
Thanks to Patsy, Cheryl, Brenda Jim, Richard C, Richard S.and Wes, who are Beta Readers for this novel. They gave many suggestions that helped improve the cover and readability of my book.
Thanks to Sabrina Jean at Fasttrackediting for proofreading and editing this novel.
Thanks to WMHCheryl at http://wmhcheryl.com/services-for-authors/ for the great final proofreading and suggestions on improving the accuracy and helping me to tell a better story.
Thanks to Christian at Covers by Christian for the fantastic cover.
AJ Newman
Copyright © 2020 Anthony J Newman. All rights reserved.
This book is a work of fiction. All events, names, characters, and places are the author’s imagination or are used as a fictitious event. That means I thought up this whole book from my imagination, and nothing in it is true.
All rights reserved. None of this publication may be copied or reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher.
As they say on TV, don’t try anything you read in this novel. It’s all fiction and stuff I made up to entertain you. Buy some survival books if you want to learn how to survive in the apocalypse.
Published by Newalk LLC.
Henderson, Kentucky
Table of Contents
Key Characters
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Books by AJ Newman
About the Author
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Key Characters
Tom Clark – Tom is a rancher in southwestern Oregon. He learned how to survive but lacked most social skills and has a hard-wired fear of cities and outsiders. His wife died two years before the apocalypse, and he still grieves for her.
Bessie Clark – Tom’s feisty grandma. They call her Granny B. She is an ex-Army nurse and has seen combat in the Middle East. She is a strong woman who is the leader of her family and moral compass. Her soft side and homespun humor offset her iron-will for her family to survive.
Jackie Clark – Tom’s twin sister and best friend. She shares many of Tom’s skills and traits but did develop adequate social skills. She is Tom’s best friend and keeps him sane in a crazy world.
Samantha “Sam” Hale – A young mother trying to escape her drug lord boyfriend when the EMP blasts rocked the world. She grows fond of Tom.
Brenda Stover – A rich young lady with a daughter in a failed marriage who loses her husband to gangs on the way home. She’s used to getting her way but learns she’s not a princess in the apocalypse.
Rick Grimes – Brenda’s brother and welcome addition to the Clark group. He adds his military experience and firepower to a group always facing anarchy.
Kate Walker – A local girl caught trying to survive during the chaos surrounding her. Her uncle dies, and she is wounded during a gunfight. She’s a tough young woman and does what it takes to survive.
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Chapter 1
The Pacific Ocean – United flight 4242 - Hawaii to San Francisco
The white-hot flash of light had been reflected from the jet’s wing and blinded Tom for a few seconds. His eyes watered and wouldn’t focus as they recovered from the blast of light. The 957’s jet engines' constant droning had almost lulled him to sleep when brilliant light glared in his eyes. Tom blinked several times and then leaned over his sleeping grandma to look out the passenger window to see the bright light coming from behind the plane. He thought they were heading east, so the sun should be at the aircraft’s front and not behind it. His heart pounded as it dawned on him; the sun wasn’t responsible for the light. Tom feared the worst and knew he had to protect his sister and grandmother from the worst possible happenings.
The speaker crackled, and the pilot’s friendly voice blared out over the intercom. “I’m turning the plane north so you can see what I think is a volcanic explosion behind us. This is a once in a lifetime occurrence. I’ll bring the plane around in a minute and head south so the passengers on the other side can also see this momentous event.”
Most of the passengers were now awake. The whispers and murmurs were deafening as everyone in the cabin wondered what had happened. Bessie Clark, Granny B, as family and friends called her, rubbed her sleep-filled eyes. “What in tarnation is goin’ on? I’m old and need my beauty sleep!”
Tom shook his head, and his voice was strained. “Granny B, I don’t have a clue. There’s a bright light behind us, and the pilot thinks it’s a volcano erupting. We've been flying for about an hour and a half …oh, crap. Isn’t Hawaii the only island behind us? Maybe a ship exploded.”
Tom’s sister, Jackie, climbed onto his lap to peer out the window, shoving Granny B out of the way. Jackie gasped and stopped breathing. The plane leveled off from the sweeping turn, and they saw a ball of light in the sky that changed from a hot white to a simmering yellow. It glowed just like the sun for a few brief seconds, and they only caught glimpses of the light because it hurt their eyes. Then abruptly, the light disappeared, and the sky was dark again. The passengers on the opposite side of the plane
