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About Nation Fall: Book 1

Forty-eight months after The Nation was fundamentally reshaped by crisis and political upheaval, former Green Beret Bennett Cook has traded the battlefield for the soul-crushing routine of a warehouse job in Arizona. The work is mundane, but it gives him precious time with his wife Elle and their two young children in the desert they call home. That fragile peace is shattered by the Convergence Party’s tightening grip: digital currency restrictions, pervasive government surveillance, rationing, and mounting evidence of a dangerous new variant of the Raven Virus that officials continue to downplay. When Bennett returns home one evening to find his family gone, everything that matters to him is ripped away. With nothing left but rage and the skills he honed through years of combat, Bennett launches a one-man war against The Nation he once served. He must navigate a fractured and dangerous country, ignite a growing resistance known as The Front, and fight through reeducation camps, drone patrols, and fortified government installations to get his family back. Even if it means burning down the system he once swore to defend. Nation Fall is a relentless, character-driven military thriller about a father’s savage quest for justice against a surveillance state that weaponizes safety, medicine, and control. Think The Terminal List meets Taken, with the raw intensity of The Gray Man and the moral stakes of Jack Reacher. Reid Cross is an active-duty Green Beret Officer and combat veteran with thirteen years of experience leading elite Special Operations Forces around the globe. From commanding infantry platoons as a young officer to leading Special Forces Detachments across the Middle East and Africa, his career has taken him to the front lines of some of the most demanding missions in modern warfare. Deeply committed to veteran causes, Reid is a vocal advocate for PTSD awareness. Follow him on Instagram, X (Twitter), and Facebook @ Reid_Cross_USA.

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