After an alien invasion, the world is plunged into another dark age.

With no warning (or was there?), alien invaders attack looking to mine the world of its resources, annihilate its people, and enslave those who survive.

But they got more than they bargained.

A prolonged insurgency, chemical & biological warfare, twisted mutations, and now… the very gates of hell have opened.

Connor sets out to reunite with his ex-fiancée in St. Louis, but he’ll have to fight his way through the Wastelands between there and southern California to find her.

Meanwhile, Keri Watkins flees life as a victim of sex trafficking after she learns of a special caravan heading for the last human safe zone. But can she escape the brutal regime hunting her?

Tormented by his fractured memories, former-assassin Chance is determined to destroy the Invaders that brainwashed him and took his family.  

Would you risk a journey to the last remaining safe zone?

Connor, Keri, and Chance are on a collision course in this journey of survival, redemption, and perseverance along with a rag-tag group of misfits seeking the fabled last safe-zone.

But first, they’ll have to save a child who holds the access key and humanity’s salvation.

Can they survive long enough to make it, or will hidden motives tear them apart?

This is the novel is rated R for language and violence.

Whispers of Hope is book one in the Shining Darkness series, a post-apocalyptic adventure series following ordinary people struggling to survive an alien invasion that plunges the United States and the world into chaos.