Devastation Point -5 Years Post Viral Apocalypse
Paul Kirk
- What
- would
- you
- do
- if
- you
- were
- stranded
- halfway
- around
- the
- world
- when
- it
- crumbled?The
- world
- collapsed
- after
- the
- spread
- of
- the
- hyper-aggressive
- H5N1
- Avian
- plague
- and
- several
- airborne
- mutations.
- By
- simply
- breathing
- the
- air,
- billions
- upon
- billions
- around
- the
- world
- died
- in
- less
- than
- a
- few
- months'
- time.Soon
- after,
- technology
- and
- infrastructure
- disintegrated.
- Electricity
- is
- gone;
- there
- are
- no
- cell
- phones,
- Internet,
- television
- or
- much
- else.
- Humanity
- lies
- in
- waste,
- disease
- and
- ruin.
- Among
- the
- remaining
- survivors,
- one
- very
- rare
- gene
- in
- the
- human
- DNA
- surfaced
- as
- resistant
- to
- the
- onslaught.Stuck
- in
- the
- remote
- mining
- town
- of
- Mudgee,
- Australia,
- Colonel
- Connor
- MacMillen
- survives
- the
- dark
- and
- dangerous
- times.
- Motivated
- by
- family,
- he
- intends
- to
- get
- home
- to
- Pittsburgh,
- Pennsylvania--or
- rather,
- the
- Fayette
- Mountains
- south
- of
- Pittsburgh.
- He
- has
- unfinished
- business
- to
- attend
- to
- there.After
- four
- impossible
- years
- traveling
- in
- a
- post-apocalyptic
- world,
- Connor
- Mac
- lands
- in
- San
- Francisco
- and
- commences
- the
- last
- leg
- of
- his
- journey
- across
- the
- continental
- United
- States.DEVASTATION
- POINT
- begins
- Connor
- Mac's
- exploits
- in
- the
- fifth
- year
- of
- the
- New
- Dark
- Ages
- as
- he
- encounters
- a
- strange
- and
- changed
- America
- turned
- upside
- down
- by
- the
- "Cuckoo
- Flu".Encountering
- new
- friends
- as
- well
- as
- making
- fierce
- enemies
- along
- the
- way,
- his
- personal
- journey
- reveals
- a
- furious
- and
- confident
- fight
- for
- life.
- But,
- unbeknownst
- to
- Connor
- Mac,
- his
- journey
- to
- get
- home
- is
- noticed
- by
- those
- still
- in
- power
- in
- America;
- and
- they’re
- looking
- for
- him.
- It
- seems
- he
- is
- decidedly
- different
- than
- most
- men
- left
- standing.
- While
- all
- living
- men
- are
- infertile,
- he
- is
- still
- able
- to
- reproduce.
- And,
- that
- changes
- everything.DEVASTATION
- POINT
- is
- a
- literary
- achievement
- that
- takes
- a
- comprehensive
- and
- thoughtful
- look
- at
- how
- one
- man,
- trained
- by
- America's
- best,
- would
- respond
- to
- a
- world
- completely
- altered
- by
- the
- pandemic
- destruction.
- To
- Connor
- Mac,
- family
- connections
- are
- critical
- and
- returning
- home
- can
- be
- a
- prime
- motivator
- for
- one
- last
- and
- final mission.
