Future. Tense.

Much has changed in the late 21st century. The United States Federal Government has taken on a more nationalistic tone. A popular independence movement in California wants to break away, sparking warring protests, civil unrest, and fierce partisan engagements between the Federal Unionists and Californian Bearists across the state. When Alex Fritz’s good friend Kevin was arrested in connection with a hostage bombing that he himself witnessed, he realizes with his girlfriend Angel Vernon that they cannot live their lives in isolationist bliss as the factions close in.

Foreword

About the Author

One Idyllic Image 1

Two Different Paces 17

Three And The Tides Went Out 37

Four Rough Road Ahead 50

Five Imminent Escalation 64

Six Stick The Landing 79

Seven Action 103

Eight Blue Meets Purple 113

Nine Fourth of July 130

Ten Tumbling Down 156

Eleven Where Civilization Ends 166

Twelve Douse The Flames 179

Thirteen By The Slow Ocean 191

Fourteen Last Scoop of Borsch 200

Fifteen Cold Hall 216

Sixteen Chasing Bad Memories 225

Seventeen Piecing Themselves Together 235

Eighteen His Time Inside 249

Nineteen Moment of Truth 256

Twenty They Came For Him 270