The End: Alpha

When Constantine Jedidiah Goodfellow shot up through the senate, people were all-too surprised and delighted to see someone in the prime of life wanting to heal wounds, bring people together, and bring peace, so they elected him President. His aim, however, was to bring the exact opposite.

The year is 2113, and Christianity is under siege. A massive virus has torn across the planet and killed off half of the world's population and its leaders. Constantine Jedidah Goodfellow, having been elected by the American people to see them through the present crisis, changes his name to "Nero" in honor of the Roman emperor, declares himself de facto emperor over the remainder of mankind, and commenced the eradication of Christianity. Under the guise of a census, he has everyone report to their hometown and confirm their biological information, social security numbers, place of origin, as well as their preferred religion. If they've marked "Christian" on their information, their doom is sealed. They are then secretly branded subdermally by laser scan tied to their registration device with their preferred religion, and the mark, lit up by their body heat, reveals itself indelibly a few weeks later. Impossible to extinguish, it brands them as targets...forever. Then, with his army of mechanoid robots called "Guardians," Nero begins the systematic eradication of Christians the world over.

In a small community outside Chicago, Illinois, eighteen year old Sage Maddox is endowed with wisdom and street smarts well beyond his years. Though his entire family has been killed off by "Guardians" - deceptively-named and ruthless killing machines dispatched by Nero - he is determined to do his part to bring much-needed justice and restore safety to Christians throughout the world. There's just one thing...

Nero is waiting for him.

Bestselling author of the Dissonance alien invasion saga and the sci-fi thriller Forecast, Aaron Ryan presents the first installment in a new riveting post-apocalyptic Christian fiction series. The End will leave your heart pounding and take you on a thrill ride of epic proportions as you fight to survive along with Maddox and the rest of humanity.