The Dixie Apocalypse, by Richard Fossey

In Richard Fossey’s, The Dixie Apocalypse, it’s not one disaster that strikes, leaving humanity in peril, but a lagnappe of misfortune that leaves the United States in ruins. In the new times, Willoughby Burns, a former lawyer and professor now turned potato farmer, is just trying to get by the best he can. With no family, little hope, and the danger of pickers and comancheros around every corner, Burns isn’t senseless enough to go the gauntlet alone. He’s woven himself into a farm community and helps Colonel Merski fill the pantry for what’s left of the military base in Baton Rouge. On a reconnaissance mission to Texas, Burns gets a taste of disaster, but also meets Cole Goodnight and hears his positive plan for the future.

This story was the perfect soup for catastrophe, with every possible bad thing that could happen. Bone chilling, its realistic narrative entrenches the reader into the humid climate of the deep south and shows our current culture turned wild. Don’t miss this fantastic read of one man’s quest to survive as he grapples with war, mortality, morality and a constantly changing society.