Fourth Quadrant

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>FROM WESTERN WORD-SLINGER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST W. MICHAEL GEAR COMES THE SEQUEL TO THE BESTSELLING CONTEMPORARY APOCALYPTIC WESTERN <em>DISSOLUTION</em>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lauren Davis is closing on her twenty-first birthday when a cyberattack leads to the collapse of the American banking system. On the advice of her boyfriend a special forces lieutenant she is told to flee Colorado Springs and make her way to Tappan Ranch in Wyoming. As the country continues to fall apart Lauren and Randy Howman a co-worker at her bank make their way through the Colorado Rockies.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On the advice of Tiffany Bishop an old friend in Laramie Lauren goes to work with an old boyfriend Mike Vinich providing FEMA provisions to refugees housed on a ranch outside of Cheyenne. There she runs supplies to the outposts being established along the Wyoming/ Colorado line-what Governor Agar calls The Fourth Quadrant. When a riot breaks out and Mike is shot Lauren ends up being called a hero. But fame comes at a great personal cost and Lauren's demons are closing in.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pulled from duty along the Fourth Quadrant and with Mike in a coma Lauren learns of a raid on Laramie. There she is taken hostage along with a busload of school children. With nothing left to lose and nothing to live for Lauren is forced to make one last gamble...</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gear is a master when it comes to vividly described settings: you can smell the smoke hear the wind in the trees and feel the cold.</em></p>