Dissolution: The Wyoming Chronicles Book One: The Wyoming Chronicles

By W. Michael Gear

Book Overview

FROM WESTERN WORD-SLINGER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST W. MICHAEL GEAR, COMES AN ENTIRELY NEW TYPE OF WESTERN - A CONTEMPORARY APOCALYPTIC WESTERN.

For anthropology graduate student Sam Delgado, headed to the wilds of Wyoming, this is his last chance to save his graduate career. He and his urban classmates see this as the adventure of a lifetime: They are going to horse-pack in the wilderness to map and test a high-altitude archaeological site.

Until a cyber attack collapses the American banking system, and an already fractured nation descends into anarchy and chaos. All credit frozen, Sam and his archaeological field school is trapped in their high-altitude camp. With return to the East impossible, Sam, the woman he has come to love, and the rest of the students must rely on hard-bitten Wyoming ranchers for their very survival.

Guided only by an illusive Shoshone spirit helper, Sam will discover the meaning of self-sacrifice. Even at the cost of his life.

Haunting, provoking, frightening and prescient - in the end, all that stands between civilization and barbarism is one young man's courage and belief in himself.

"Gear is a master when it comes to vividly described settings: you can smell the smoke, hear the wind in the trees, and feel the cold."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647342724
• ISBN13: 9781647342722
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Love in Collapse

Thank you to DAW books, author, Michael Gear, and Theresa Hulongbayan, admin of Gear fan club: book series First North Americans and Gear fan club: Book series First North Americans. The former is the archived page. But both are in use. I won this book in the monthly drawing. Did I expect to be crying by page 27? No, I did not. One of my favorite genres is Dystopian literature. One of my favorite authors who writes such literature is the late Shari S. Tepper. Why? Because her novels all end happily. BEAUTY is my favorite book of hers and the first book, other than the Bible, which I immediately re-read after finishing. Well, I won DISSOLUTION in May and am currently on my third (fourth?) read. I told myself on this read that I would go at it with highlighters and scribbles in the margin. But, I haven't done that because AS USUAL I have become too engrossed. Tomorrow I will do it! (Maybe.) You know how people say, "Oh, I relate to so-and-so" while reading a book? I rarely have that happen. Well! I was relating to everything by page 1~ !~ It is the story of a group of students from the East Coast heading to Northwest Wyoming to conduct an archeology dig on private land. The book begins on the Friday before Memorial Day. Did I mention I won this in the May drawing? Guess when I started reading it. The Tuesday before That Friday! Paranoid much? On their way to Wyoming; the banks collapse. Oops. Gotta get gas? Want to use your credit card? Nope! Happy that somehow some of you have enough cash to pool your money to buy enough gas to get to your destination? Yep. One of the students, Shanteel, is from what I would consider a ghetto. She is angered by the sight of a man driving a big pickup truck on I-80 along Lincoln, NE. I am not yanking your chain when I say, "I have seen that pickup!" How do you get to Northwest Wyoming from I-80? You get off on I-25. Have I driven this road? Yep. Have I ever stopped for gas at a Flying J? Yep. Am I now getting goose bumps? You betcha. And then...Sam Delgado. The son of restaurant owners: Sam grew up as free labor starting when he was old enough to reach the sink. Huh. I grew up as free labor starting at five. The woman he is in major lust with is Shyla. Way too close to my name for comfort. And then there is Breeze Tappan. She is one of the Tappans that own the ranch where the students are headed. Each chapter begins with an excerpt from her journal. She is living in Denver when the banks crash. She is studying finance. Each entry deals with explanations on why the country collapsed. And how people are surviving or dying. The Gears, W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear are archeologists who use their novels to teach. I appreciate that. But, man, this is all too close for comfort. Michael says I am emotionally invested. Yep. Thankfully, Book Two: FOURTH QUADRENT is out. I am begging for Book Three. And hoping for Book 18. Blessings!