My name is Julie, and I am the last person alive on this island. I am what you might call shipwrecked, except for the fact that I came here on an airplane. I guess that makes me plane-wrecked, or just wrecked, or something. What matters, is the fact that I am here, and I have no way of leaving. Ever... After I arrived here, one night, everything changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Follow me along as I faces the trials and problems of waking up and surviving on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. An island 3,000 miles from the continental United States. 3,000 miles from home... I hope whoever reads this doesn't mind, but I have to write down what's been going on before I go. My future prospects are grim at best. I can expect to die here from malnutrition or starvation, if not something worse. I will die alone, as it may be 100 or more years before anyone ever comes here again. Assuming there is anybody else alive out there.

One night, everything changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Follow an average young lady along, in the third book of the "Tales of New Hope" series, as she goes from surviving in a St. Louis suburb, to walking the Oregon Trail in search of a brighter future.

One night, everything in the world changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Somehow, some managed to live. Join them now, in this introduction to the "Tales of New Hope" series, as they struggle to survive in a new world... Alone

At one time, I was known as James S. Fitzgerald, Petty Officer Furst-Class, United States Coast Guard. I came down with the killer virus that killed nearly everyone on earth, but I didn't die. After my cross-country journey in Book #1, "After The Last Virus," I had found a comfortable life in a small northwestern town. That is, until I heard a radio call from some fellow coasties, pleading for help. They were stuck on an Aleutian island in Alaska. Suddenly, I found myself facing my "Next Challenge."

One night, everything changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were either dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Follow an average person along as he faces the trials and problems of waking up in a world... Alone

In a world decimated by a killer virus, a young girl escapes from virtual slavery. She joins a young man on a quest for the mythical town of "New Hope" in a search for freedom and a new future.

Before the killer virus struck, I was known as James S. Fitzgerald, Petty Officer First Class, United States Coast Guard. When I came down with the virus, I knew my time was short. One night I went to bed for what I thought was the last time. Instead of dying, I woke up to find myself alone. Life wasn't as simple as some would believe. In Book #1, "After The Last Virus," I tell about fighting to survive, and my cross country trip in search of a new home, and a sustainable life. One night, when my pup and I went to sleep in a barn in South Dakota, we weren't expecting to have to wake up and rescue a young lady, and two small children. At least we no longer alone. When we finally made it to the end of my dream, we found others. Not many, mind you, but enough to come together and make a new start. I even found love and started a family. Still, things weren't simple. Surviving in this new, empty world was rough, especially one day when I heard that - Christmas was dead...