In book one of the Sudden Quiet, the world is struggling in the aftermath of an unthinkable catastrophe. Society has collapsed, the modern age has expired, and global mortality is curving toward 99%.

In Northern Michigan, the electrical grid has been down for over a year. Three scouts, all uninfected, journey from Beaver Island to the darkened mainland. They’re on a search for allies and information, led by Keith Two-Crow, a Vietnam veteran and Anishinaabe elder. Keith’s two charges, Mukwa and Miin, are foster siblings unrelated by blood but connected to the green-pulse of the planet by their adoptive grandmother Samantha, a traditional healer and mystic. Reaching the mainland, the scouts are targeted by traffickers, abducted by Eco-Elves and are astonished—as readers will be—at Mother Nature’s resurgence. Island and Main is a dark exploration of humanity but also the hope and healing offered by community and our connection to nature.