Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thrillers

When the grid fails,
some men become monsters.

John Kerrigan remembers he used to be one. Hard-hitting survival fiction from a 20-year military veteran with more than a decade alongside Special Operations, who knows what people become when order disappears.

Echoes of the Dark Sun by Joseph Sackett
★★★★☆ 1,800+ ratings Amazon Top 100 Free in Kindle Unlimited
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Echoes of the Dark Sun

Echoes of the Dark Sun · Dark Skies Book 1

No power. No phones.
No cavalry coming.

An EMP attack silences America. John Kerrigan is a mechanic now, a husband to Lisa, and a father to Max and Emily. He rebuilds classic cars instead of pulling triggers.

Then Bedford, Pennsylvania, falls apart, and the street he swore he could hold turns on itself. To keep his family breathing, John has to dig up the operator he buried.

Free in Kindle Unlimited. Also in paperback, hardcover and full-cast audio.

★★★★★
“The series that ruined all other post-apocalyptic books.”
Amazon reviewer · Dark Skies: A Kerrigan Survival Saga

Full-cast audiobooks

Four narrators. Full sound effects. Real human voices.

Produced by Three Jackdaws Audio and narrated by Matt Mihilewicz, Aleeseeya Mantoya, Rowan Maxwell and Tyler Perkins. Book 1 is out now. Books 2 through 8 are in production.

Hear it for yourselfEchoes of the Dark Sun · Chapter 1 sample

Also coming: Devil's Ridge in audio from Podium.

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Before the EMP, John Kerrigan had to survive his brother.

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Joe Sackett

Meet the author

Joe Sackett

Joe Sackett, who publishes as Joseph Sackett, is a bestselling author with 20 years in the military behind him, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and more than a year as a contractor for JSOC. Today he works for a small company that still supports Special Operations for the Department of Defense.

He writes the kind of stories he likes to read: ordinary people pushed to the edge when everything falls apart, and what they're willing to do to protect their family.

Joe lives in Tampa with his fiancée. When he's not writing, he's spending time with her, hiking, traveling, or getting some range time in. He's also a big movie guy, especially post-apocalyptic and horror.

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