Aftershock

Aftershock

Paige Ashford is a walking dumpster fire fueled by impulse, bad decisions, and chaos. Six months into her Navy career, disaster strikes, and a botched evacuation leaves thousands of junior sailors behind in Japan. With nuclear fallout threatening the region, there’s no established leadership left to save them.

Now, Paige is aboard a crippled aircraft carrier, the least knowledgeable sailor on the ship and arguably the least qualified person to lead anyone. Cut her some slack. She only defected from base yesterday.

Unfortunately, she’s never been good at keeping her mouth shut. She loudly challenges every decision Eli Hayes, the ship’s self-appointed leader, makes. Now Paige’s own actions have landed her in a position of influence she never asked for and barely understands.

The ship is their only hope of escape, assuming America even still exists. It’s also the only source of purified water for survivors who have no intention of leaving. As the fight over this vital resource erupts into civil war, supplies dwindle and the locals go full cannibal, infected with a rabies-like disease nobody understands.

Then Paige makes a decision with fatal consequences, costing lives and jeopardizing their only chance at escape. Some mistakes can’t be undone, and Paige will have to live with the consequences.