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Desolation

A writer is so blessed to be able to envision a story, write it all down in a coherent way, and publish it for readers to find. I am doubly blessed because this is now my second book. With that in mind, I must thank all my readers first. Thank you for making the decision to buy THIS BOOK. You have many books to choose from, so please know that I am completely humbled that you chose to buy my book and further chose to invest your valuable time to read it. Thank you!

Thanks to my beautiful wife, Lisa (yes, she is named Lisa too), who has embraced my passion for writing, encouraged me always, and is my number one fan. To my Mom (Susan) and many friends including Patrick, Ruthie, Robin, and Mariclare who have all read the early versions of DESOLATION and helped me polish its rough edges.

Thank you to William Weber & Darrin Wearmouth for pre-reading this book and letting me know what you thought.

Finally, many advanced thanks to all my advanced copy readers/reviewers.

About ML Banner

ML Banner founded more than a dozen companies over the past thirty years, before he found his passion for writing. Quite by accident after reading about solar flares, he searched for a fictional book on the subject that was also strong on science. It didn’t exist, so he wrote STONE AGE (the prequel to DESOLATION), which became a #1 Best Seller (in Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction) in only three weeks. DESOLATION is his newest installment to the Stone Age World.

He and his wife split their time between Tucson, Arizona and Rocky Point, Mexico. If he is not penning his next novel or short story in apocalyptic fiction, you might find him on the beach reading a Kindle, with his toes in the water (the name of his publishing company).

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Table of Contents

Prologue

Part I

1. Deadly Waters

2. Life and Death

3. Feed My Children

4. Tired and Thirsty

5. Nurse Wilber

6. Lone Survivor

7. Just a Guest

8. Carrington Reid Gets Held Up

9. The Hotel

10. Defending Your Life

11. Seeking Help

12. The Great Escape

13. Giving Back

14. Clyde Wants Revenge

15. Mixed Blessings

16. Blood and Water!

17. Quick Decision

18. The Eunuch

19. Getting Help

Part II

20. Revelations

21. Baby on Board

22. New Friends and Enemies

23. Resistance Is Futile

24. Disconnected

25. Food Fight

26. Demands

27. More Demands

28. More Bad Guys

29. Preparing for a Fight

30. Making the Wright Choice

31. Cocktails, Anyone?

32. Big Guns

33. Defenses

34. Fire!

35. Panic

36. Death Has Found You

37. Agabus

38. Free Fallin’

39. Earthquake!

40. Collect Call

41. An Opening

42. Damage Assessment

43. You Can See China From Here

44. Fireball

45. The Sparks Started to Fly

46. Mushroom Clouds

47. Not Over Till It’s Over

48. The Proposal

49. Sadness and Signs

50. Adios

51. I Do

52. Going to a New Home

53. Together

Part III

54. Breaking Ground

55. Writing It All Down

56. A Trap?

57. New Home

58. It’s a Boy… and a Girl

59. How We Got There From Here

60. The Storyteller

61. The Promised Land

Excerpt: CICADA

Next in the Stone Age Saga - CICADA

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Thanks and Acknowledgments

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Copyright

DESOLATION is an original work of fiction.

The characters and dialogs are the products of this author’s vivid imagination.

Most of the science and the historical incidents described in this novel are based on reality, and so are its warnings.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

Cover Art: Damonza.com

Editor: Karen Conlin

Formatting: Polgarus Studio

Toes in the Water Publishing, LLC

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