WAKE OF WAR

Zac Topping's WAKE OF WAR is a gritty, realistic military thriller that portrays a near future United States crumbling into civil war, where a soldier seeking purpose and a civilian seeking revenge will become caught up in a deadly struggle near Salt Lake City.

The United States of America is a crumbling republic. With the value of the dollar imploding, the government floundering, and national outrage and resentment growing by the hour, a rebellion has caught fire. The Revolutionary Front, led by the charismatic Joseph Graham, has taken control of Salt Lake City.

James Trent joined the Army to secure his future, but he never thought he'd see combat. When he breaks a serious rule, he's assigned to an infantry unit and finds himself fighting on the front lines against the Revolutionary Front. Destroying innocent lives wasn't what he signed on for, and he can feel himself slipping away with every casualty.

Sharpshooter Sam Cross was a young girl when her parents were killed by American soldiers. Now, five years later, she's determined to seek revenge, and has joined the Revolutionary Front in order to kill soldiers and fight for what she believes in. But Joseph Graham is keeping secrets from her, and retribution always comes at a cost.

When the two sides clash in Salt Lake City, alliances will be shattered, resolve will be tested, and when the dust clears James and Sam will have to find out what makes a cause really worth fighting for.

Zac Topping is a US Army Veteran, has served two tours in Iraq, and is now a career firefighter. In his spare time Zac likes to go camping and play tabletop strategy board games and role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. Wake of War is his debut novel.