In this gripping sequel to the dark action thriller HARD WAY HOME, the answers behind an onslaught of not-so-natural disasters only lead to more questions as a global depopulation conspiracy threatens Americans from right in their own back yard.

Retired Army Colonel Thomas Sand returns to the U.S. during its darkest days, only to find the leaders left in government—puppeted by the deep state elite—want him dead. Between the threat assessment algorithm he developed before the apocalypse, and the fact that his wife Becca and stepdaughter Hannah are both brilliant scientists critical to the new world order, his family isn't short on enemies. And despite all his training to the contrary, his only duty now is to them and their safety. Unbeknownst to him, halfway down the coast, his wife is fighting to drag her fevered and battered body home with no means of communication, and only the help of a nameless stranger...

Meanwhile, Dr. Hannah Carter, still traveling with the Army veteran who saved her life, discovers she may be the linchpin to destroying the dangerous shadow government that now controls what remains of the fast-crumbling U.S. But to do so, she must leave behind everyone she cares about and face off against the hidden puppet master pulling the strings from his bunker. Unbeknownst to her, Cash Bishop, her fearless companion turned ruthless protector, has followed her into the lion's den, no violence spared. His only light in their new broken world of neverending darkness, finding Hannah is a given. As is taking down the corrupt powers that destroyed his country once and for all...

The DEEP STATE DOWN Series
- Hard Way Home
- Dark Road Back

New York Times bestselling author Christa Wick (writing as Dana Fraser) brings readers another action-packed survival thriller in Dark Road Back, the sequel to Hard Way Home. Recommended for gritty dystopian suspense fans of Jack Hunt, Bobby Adair, LL Akers, and TL Payne.

Publisher's Note: This newly-combined 125,000 word story was originally released as two separate standalones, Home Port (c) 2016 and Fire Wall (c) 2017.