Calm Act

Do they dare to save a dying city?New York is hopeless.When the Ebola epidemic broke out, the Calm Act sealed the city behind armed borders. Otherwise contagious refugees could flee and devastate the Northeast.The survivors outside struggle to make ends meet in a chaotic climate and collapsed economy. They're grateful for protection from the epidemic. But they feel guilty as sin. The agony of New York weighs on the regional conscience.Tech whisperer Dee Baker, and her partner Army Major Emmett MacLaren, propose a plan to save the city. Dee leads the Amenac Internet empire, bypassing censorship to empower survivors to help themselves. Emmett is a martial law governor authorized to lead and rebuild. The rule-breaker and the rule-maker could prove a dynamic partnership – or be torn apart.Can they unify the Northeast to rescue New York? Or is it too dangerous to try?

Martial law vs. religion run amok."What God demands of us -" Those were the puzzling last words of Major Dane Beaufort, before a mob beat him to death in the street. Beaufort was the martial law Resource Coordinator assigned to lead Pittsburgh through the climate crisis.The punishment for interfering with a Resco is death. The consequences for murdering one have yet to be devised.Tech whisperer Dee Baker and her partner Emmett MacLaren led Project Reunion to save New York City. The world watches to see what the hero couple will tackle next, while the opposition sells headlines with every bump in their rocky relationship.Emmett is available when news hits of his friend Beaufort's murder. The political stakes are higher than the fate of Pittsburgh. The martial law governors care enough to send their best - Emmett and Dee.Plagued by tornados and isolated from the rest of the world, Pittsburgh has gone rogue. And it's up to them what to do about it. But the forces afoot are darker than they imagined. And Dee's about to fall into their trap.

The tsunami was only the beginning.The fledgling nation of Hudson, born in the wreckage of New York and New Jersey, is only five months old when catastrophe strikes. Hudson is better prepared than most super-states of the ex-USA. But they aren't ready for this.Tech whisperer Dee Baker barely escapes the tsunami herself. Her media empire is in tatters over censorship fights, while her home town sinks beneath the waves. As bad news piles upon scandal upon disaster, Dee struggles to deliver public support. Because Hudson is going to need it. Nations will fall in the tsunami's wake. It's up to Dee to make sure hers isn't one of them.