Where Humanity Holds Ground.

One Catastrophe. One Mission. Hold Your Ground.

A Realistic Outbreak. Not a Typical Zombie Story.

“Great characters and believable action”
“Speaking as a cynical old soldier and nitpicking fool, all I can say about this book is it rocks hard and I could not wait to see the sequel. Most of these types of books are boring and derivative – not this one.”—Amazon reviewer Michael L.

When a mysterious “zombie drug” outbreak hits coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, officials insist it’s under control—while the streets say otherwise. As the “crazy people” cases grow, a former US Army Ranger, Peter Sullivan, and a skeptical PhD candidate, Phebe Marcelino, are forced together. They lead a motley mix of war veterans and civilians against a government response that feels more like containment than aid.

Rooted in real-world drug phenomena and sharpened with military dark humor, this grounded thriller asks: how can a zombie apocalypse truly happen?

The bingeable series gives a frighteningly plausible answer.

The Summary

A grounded yet explosive speculative thriller, the story reframes a “zombie” outbreak through the plausible lens of real‑world zombie drug phenomena. This unsettling immediacy distinguishes it from traditional genre entries.

Anchoring the chaos in Coastal Wilmington, North Carolina lends the narrative both geographic specificity and a distinctly cinematic scale.

Through a multi‑POV approach, the story engages social and cultural fault lines in a tumultuous era, exploring how the events of Book One could plausibly cascade into an apocalypse—or even an extinction‑level outcome—later in the series.

Most striking is the dual‑protagonist structure. Phebe Marcelino’s scientific skepticism, unraveling in real time, provides an intelligent emotional entry point into the catastrophe. In contrast, former Staff Sergeant Peter Sullivan and his veteran cohort bring tactical authenticity and sharply edged military humor. The tension between academic rationalism and combat‑hardened pragmatism forms a narrative engine particularly well suited to episodic bingeable storytelling.

The author’s background in counterterrorism intelligence and pattern analysis is evident in the behavioral realism of mass panic, civic breakdown, and Pentagon strategic response. Combined with Jones’s academic grounding in anthropology and archaeology, the narrative feels rigorously researched, structurally disciplined, and disturbingly plausible—especially given its roots in documented events.

“This one goes in the reread pile!”
“Love this book. It puts a new spin on zombie fiction, and quite frankly scared the crap out of me, since out of all the zombie books I’ve read this one seems like it could really happen! The storyline, humor, and action helped keep me reading instead of heading out to buy a bunker.”—Amazon reviewer Carolyn.