The End: Alpha

When a man with power believes he's God, mankind doesn't have a prayer.

2113. A virus has already erased half of humanity. From the ashes rises Constantine Jedidiah Goodfellow—charismatic, brilliant, and certain he is the Antichrist. He crowns himself Emperor Nero, brands every Christian, and unleashes robotic Guardians to hunt them. Faith itself becomes a capital crime.

18-year-old Sage Maddox watched those Guardians butcher his family. Marked for death and burning with rage and belief, he helps lead a dwindling band of survivors through the ruins outside Chicago, racing from one collapsing shelter to the next as Nero’s forces close in. And somewhere out there Colonel Thomas Drexler fights as well: the engineer who once helped build the Guardians before defecting to the underground resistance known as The Defiance. At the same time, deep inside Nero’s court, High Vassal Maximillian begins to hear a still, small voice that will force him to choose between the emperor he serves and the God he denies.

Betrayed, scattered, and hunted across a landscape of burning churches and flooded refuges, three destinies collide in a war for the soul of the remaining world. The End: Alpha is a relentless apocalyptic survival and Christian faith based dystopian christian end times fiction thriller of persecution, resistance, and the unbreakable power of faith when everything - and everyone - is marked for death.

Award-winning and bestselling author Aaron Ryan lives in Washington with his wife and two sons, along with Macy the dog, Winston the cat, and Merry & Pippin, the finches.
 
He is the author of the bestselling "Dissonance" 6-book alien invasion saga, the post-apocalyptic Christian fiction saga "The End," the sci-fi thrillers "Forecast" and "The Slide," the children's picture books "The Ring of Truth," "The Sword of Joy" and "The Book of Power," the business reference business books "How to Successfully Self-Publish & Promote Your Self-Published Book" and "The Superhero Anomaly", 6 business books on voiceovers penned under his former stage name (Joshua Alexander), as well as a previous fictional novel, "The Omega Room."
 
When he was in second grade, he was tasked with writing a creative assignment: a fictional book.  And thus, "The Electric Boy" was born: a simple novella full of intrigue, fantasy, and 7-year-old wits that electrified Aaron's desire to write.  From that point forward, Aaron evolved into a creative soul that desired to create.
 
He enjoys the arts, media, music, performing, poetry, and being a daddy.  In his lifetime he has been an author, voiceover artist, wedding videographer, stage performer, musician, producer, rock/pop artist, executive assistant, service manager, paperboy, CSR, poet, tech support, worship leader, and more.  The diversity of his life experiences gives him a unique approach to business, life, ministry, faith, and entertainment.
 
Aaron's favorite author by far is J.R.R. Tolkien, but he also enjoys Suzanne Collins, James S.A. Corey, Michael Crichton, Marie Lu, Madeleine L'Engle, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden, C.S. Lewis, Stephen King and Dave Barry.
 
Aaron has always had a passion for storytelling.