John Abrams is a widower who faces the end of the world alone. He is offered a surprising chance to survive. Later, he learns more about what happened and has to deal with the knowledge while living under the constant threat of annihilation.
Book one - Make the Cut
-side story - Shelter
Book two - Cutting a Swath
Book three - Final Cut
-side story - Endings and Beginnings
Book four - Cut and Run
Book five - Cut to the Quick
Book 1 - John is a middle-aged widower with depression issues who is trying to cope with the end of the world. He is offered a ray of unexpected hope.
The first two parts have no sex.
Warning - Part one includes suicidal thoughts. / (Reviews)
A side story (optional reading) in the "Make the Cut" world. A young girl faces the horror of the end of the world and loss of everything she knows. WARNING - This is a very dark story... mind the story codes.
Book 2 - John survived the Earth's destruction. Awakening in the far future, he stumbled upon the truth behind the attack on his world. Now, he embarks on a desperate journey to find more answers and possibly a way to fight back. All the while, he is under the threat of discovery and sudden death. Book 2 in the Make the Cut series.
Book 3 - John was lucky to survive after the disaster which arose from the expedition to Sri Lanka. Now, he and his A.I. friend Naomi must find a way to use what they learned to take the fight to the enemy. Not only do they have to find a way of disabling the master artificial intelligence in control of the Earth, but they also have to deal with the worse threat approaching from interstellar space.
Book 4 -
John Abrams had defeated the enemy's agent that ruled over the Earth and held humanity in its grip. Now free to follow its own destiny, humanity races to rebuild and expand civilization while preparing for the arrival of the enemy fleet. Nothing is certain and the clock is ticking. But where is John Abrams in all this? For almost a decade, he has been missing-in-action. Even worse, his AI partner is no longer responding as it once had. What the hell has happened?
This is the fifth and final book in the "Make the Cut" series. If you have not yet read this series, you may not want to start with this story. The story is about John Abrams finding his place in the new world he helped bring into existence and using his authority to bring about a risky resolution to the threat posed by the alien Assemblage. Note, the glossary at the end of book four will have a helpful timeline.