Rise

On a world brought to the brink of destruction, life now clings to the shattered remains of the planet's crust. These fragments are the Shells: fragile wastelands of desert and rock, protected from the cold of space by a water shield. In the struggle for survival, its people have depended on ancient technology, controlled by the omnipresent Network, to sustain the entire population.

But the Network is breaking down, water is sparse, and a complete societal collapse is imminent. As the stakes become clear, the inhabitants of the Shells begin to turn on each other, and appear headed for all-out global war.

Now the paths of several strangers will converge at the opportune moment. From a woman who seeks to protect her family as it's ripped apart to a prison warden hiding from his past, this unlikely group has little in common―but together, they may hold the key to saving humanity from its worst enemy: itself.

Based out of Germany, Brian Guthrie is a serial author of science fiction, fantasy, and more.  His first novel, Rise (book one of a series of four releasing Sept 2016) won the Inkshares Nerdist Contest and his second novel, After Man (co-authored with Michelle Guthrie; book one of three slated for release early 2017) won the Inkshares Geek and Sundry contest, making him the first author on Inkshares to win two contests.  He has completed Rise's sequel, Fall, and has plans for an anthology piece, some historical fiction, and much more.  He is married to Michelle Guthrie, a father of a nine-year old girl who is as much boy as she is girl, and has two cats.