The wolves are at the door...

After a bold move by the raider known as Cecelie, Derek must recover stolen supplies and a family heirloom by traveling to the east and to Lively taking him and a few others from the ranch on a risky trek to the east and out the range of any support straight into Cecelie, and her raiders, territory.

Garrett barely manages to survive his fall and spends what remains of winter and spring alone in the wilderness, forced to survive by his wits and luck with hunting and avoiding patrols from Kovach.

Not far from the core of Sudbury, Sheridan's father, Daniel, leads the survivors from the downtown to what he and Victoria hope is a safer haven - the university on the south shore of Lake Ramsey.

And the ever-resourceful Gina finds herself in the heart of Cecilie's raider gang when she tracks missing children from Lively. Captured and forced to play a ruse to hopefully trick Cecelie,...]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 13:40:14 +0200 https://polyamorous.library.land/k-m-cannon/649860-ashes_in_winter.html https://polyamorous.library.land/k-m-cannon/649860-ashes_in_winter.html

Surviving the winter will only be half the battle...

At the height of a brutal Canadian Winter, the world as everyone knew it came crashing down, leaving the surviviros to deal with the ashes pf theri fallen nations. In the Northern Ontario city of Sudbury, the Withers and other survivors scramble to pick the shattered remains of everything they knew while a warlord known only as Colonel Harnet and other raiders press in on all sides.

In Sudbury, Daniel Wither must protect the Mayor and other survivors in City Hall from direct assault. In the now distant Whitefish, his daughter grapples to pick up the pieces of civilization aided by Derek Moss—once in sales but now finding himself thrust into the role of Ranger. Further west, at a dam cut off from the rest of civilization, Garrett Wither must keep his people from becoming the very raiders he had to defend that small town from.

In the north, silence can be a warning. Fire can be a reckoning.

Walden stands on the edge of war. Harnet's forces creep ever closer, bringing chaos in their wake. The land itself is restless—storms carve destruction across the wilderness, and the forests are dry, ready to burn. As tensions rise, so does the heat, and soon, it won't just be the trees that catch fire.

Marissa never expected to lead, but with Walden's future hanging by a thread, she has no choice. She isn't a soldier. She isn't a Ranger. But she understands one truth—if they stand divided, they will fall.

While Walden fights to hold its ground, Derek and his Rangers move like ghosts through the wilds, striking where they can, knowing they can't afford to lose. But even as the battle lines are drawn, the greater threat isn't just the enemy at their gates. It's the choices they'll have to make when the silence breaks and the fire comes.

Because war doesn't wait....]]> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:55:32 +0200