The County War · Book One
Broken Orders
A medical convoy should be a simple act of mercy. In a country arguing over which authority still counts, every mile becomes a test of law, fear, and nerve.
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The County War
A republic can survive on paper. It still has to survive the road.
Series premise
The County War follows a very-near-future United States after a constitutional fracture turns ordinary infrastructure into contested ground. Cities hold courts, hospitals, ports, agencies, finance, media, and emergency systems. Counties hold roads, local legitimacy, armed networks, and the power to make every mile conditional.
The front line is not a neat stripe on a map. It is a loading dock, a road closure, a fuel chit, a school bus, a bridge, a clinic transfer window, a hearing room, and a driver asking whether the paper in his hand will still count when he reaches the county line.
These are adult political-military thrillers with rough language, violence, consequence, and enough dry humor to keep the machinery from eating everyone whole.
Reading order
- Book One: Broken OrdersA lawful convoy enters a hostile country that no longer travels on paper.
- Book Two: The Roads BetweenCities hold institutions. Counties hold roads. Every mile becomes a battle.
- Book Three: Hard PeaceThe killing can stop, but the country still has to sign for what it has become.
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All three books are published by House Hippo Press, available on Amazon.com, and enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.
The County War · Book Two
The Roads Between
The war spreads through corridors, fuel chits, school transfers, rail yards, clinics, and every little road that can be closed by men with authority and fear.
The County War · Book Three
Hard Peace
The shooting may slow, but peace is not mercy. Settlement commissions, road-neutrality pilots, records, bridges, and old debts force the country to face what survival has cost.