A press release from Caroline Perny of HarperCollins:

The wild popularity of the post-apocalyptic genre has given rise to a slew of books, movies, and video-games, including Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Tom Hanks’ Electric City, Fallout, and Borderlands. All of these tap into a collective fear of the decline of polite civilization and the rise of total anarchy in a broken world devoid of modern comforts. Breakout indie author Nick Cole excels in this genre, differentiating himself from his peers through his mercilessly gritty depictions of a horrifying glimpse of a post-apocalyptic future—and of the toll this takes on the human psyche.

About the book:

Armageddon has long since happened; a thermonuclear apocalypse has ravaged the landscape of America and turned it into a wilderness straight out of the Dark Ages of man. Barbaric tribes run rampant and dole out chaos and terror with no regard for the morals, safety, or sanity of others. In the midst of the hellish Wasteland, a young soldier boy is tasked with a final mission from his dying commanding officer:  go to California and join up with members of a fractured army. With nothing but his horse and lessons from a dying man, The Savage Boy undertakes an epic journey across the Wasteland—from which he may never emerge.

About the Author:

Nick Cole is a working actor living in Southern California. When he is not auditioning for commercials, going out for sitcoms or being shot, kicked, stabbed or beaten by the students of various film schools for their projects, he can often be found as a guard for King Phillip the Second of Spain in the Opera Don Carlo at Los Angeles Opera or some similar role. Nick Cole has been writing for most of his life and acting in Hollywood after serving in the U.S. Army. Visit him here at his website: http://nickcolebooks.com/, and follow him on twitter @NickColeBooks.