Commune [Book 1-2] - Joshua Gayou

Comune 1:

For dinosaurs, it was a big rock.

For humans: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).

When the Earth is hit by the greatest CME in recorded history [several times larger than the Carrington Event of 1859], the combined societies of the planet’s most developed nations struggle to adapt to a life thrust back into the Dark Ages.

In the United States, the military scrambles to speed the nation’s recovery on multiple fronts including putting down riots, establishing relief camps, delivering medical aid, and bringing communication and travel back on line.

Just as a real foothold is established in retaking the skies [utilizing existing commercial aircraft supplemented by military resources and ground control systems], a mysterious virus takes hold of the population, spreading globally over the very flight routes that the survivors fought so hard to rebuild.

The communicability and mortality rates are devastating, leaving only small pockets of survivors scattered throughout the countryside.

As they learn the rules of this new era, they must decide how far they’re willing to go to continue living, continually asking themselves the same question daily: is survival worth the loss of humanity?

Comune 2:

Survival can be a lonely existence... or not.

The reality of the situation always comes down to a simple decision: What kind of world do you want to build?

The survivors have come to settle in the mountains of Wyoming, fighting day in and day out to establish a home for themselves in a near empty world. Things are good at first; scavenging is a workable, short term solution that seems to be providing all they need.

But they know that it’s only a matter of time before the food runs out.

They need to scramble to find a sustainable solution before the clock stops, and for a little handful of people up in the mountains, the odds don’t seem very favorable.

Further south, a new band of people migrates across the map, running on fumes and searching desperately for a place to settle. All around them, as resources run thin, the world grows colder and more violent.

It’s getting worse out there, always getting worse, and it’s starting to look like survival might just depend on how violent they’re willing to get....


Narrated By: R.C. Bray

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