Raging Storm

Vannetta Chapman

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In the Darkness, Anarchy Awakens When a massive solar flare wiped out all modern technology across the globe, the small town of Abney, Texas, was thrown into chaos. Shelby Sparks and her teenage son, Carter, have found refuge, but Shelby knows she can't simply remain hidden. Carter is a type 1 diabetic in need of insulinand Shelby will risk her life traveling to Austin to make sure he gets it. Shelby's best friend and high school sweetheart, Max Berkman, won't even consider letting her make the perilous journey alone. Together, they manage to reach the capitalonly to discover that while things are desperate in Abney, Austin has turned into an urban nightmare on the brink of anarchy. Shelby and Max's search for medical supplies will lead them into terrifying territory, where the only thing more uncertain than finding what they need is the hope of making it out of the city alive. * * * In this second book in an eerily plausible, action-packed dystopian series, survival will be threatened and faith will be put to the ultimate test as a raging storm engulfs America.

Sujets

• Fantasy (canción de Mariah Carey)
• Fantasy

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• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers
• Date de parution: 31 janvier 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780736966566
• Langue: English

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B OOKS BY V ANNETTA C HAPMAN
T HE R EMNANT S ERIES
Deep Shadows
Overshadowed
( E-ONLY NOVELLA )
Raging Storm
Light of Dawn
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
RAGING STORM
Copyright 2017 by Vannetta Chapman
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-6655-9 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6656-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Chapman, Vannetta, author.
Title: Raging storm / Vannetta Chapman.
Description: Eugene Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016027603 (print) LCCN 2016029876 (ebook) ISBN 9780736966559 (pbk.) ISBN 9780736966566 ()
Subjects: LCSH: Mother and child-Fiction. Diabetics-Fiction. Survival-Fiction. GSAFD: Love stories. Christian fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3603.H3744 R34 2017 (print) LCC PS3603.H3744 (ebook) DDC 813/.6-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016027603
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D EDICATION
For Barbara Sherrill
C ONTENTS
Books by Vannetta Chapman
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Excerpts from Shelby s Journal
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Chapter Fifty-Four
Chapter Fifty-Five
Chapter Fifty-Six
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Chapter Sixty
Chapter Sixty-One
Chapter Sixty-Two
Chapter Sixty-Three
Chapter Sixty-Four
Chapter Sixty-Five
Chapter Sixty-Six
Chapter Sixty-Seven
Chapter Sixty-Eight
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Chapter Seventy
Chapter Seventy-One
Chapter Seventy-Two
Chapter Seventy-Three
Chapter Seventy-Four
Chapter Seventy-Five
Chapter Seventy-Six
Discussion Questions
Author s Note
Emergency Preparation Lists
About the Author
All It Takes Is One Night to Plunge the World into Darkness
When the Lights Go Out Who Will Be Ready?
Before Dawn, What Dangers Lurk in the Darkness?
More Books by Vannetta Chapman
About the Publisher
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book is dedicated to Barb Sherrill, who shares a love for all things dystopian. Her perspective and insight have been invaluable, plus she s a fun person to hang out with.
I again want to thank the staff of Harvest House for your support and encouragement during this exciting venture into a different genre-sales, editorial, marketing. The team approach works. I m grateful to have you backing me up. Reagen Reed provided valuable input as well. And of course, this series wouldn t be possible without my agent, Steve Laube, who was helpful in the negotiation of this contract.
To my pre-readers, Kristy and Janet-I never want to have to write without you. My family has been incredibly patient as I monopolize yet another dinner with dystopian chatter. Thank you to Dorsey Sparks for the use of your name as well as your spunky personality-I believe you will do just fine in the postmodern world. Another thank you to Donna Seals, who has a deep and abiding love for teaching children. Bill Voight, I know you will recognize yourself in these pages. I believe you really can find anything. Also thanks to Jack Clark for contributing to our fundraising auction at FUMC and allowing me the use of your name.
I have lived in Texas since I was ten years old. Nine years ago my husband and I moved from Dallas to a small central Texas town. It was one of the best decisions we ever made. That move, combined with a good amount of travel throughout our country and overseas, has taught me that wherever you are, whatever your hometown environment, look around and you will find good people. Salt of the earth people. That, combined with our faith, can see us through difficult times.
Last, I would like to thank my readers for embracing this series and sharing your enthusiasm with others. My prayer is that the things that are described in this novel never happen, but as Max has said, We hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
And finally always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:20).
Pray for the remnant that still survives.
2 K INGS
C HAPTER 19, V ERSE 4

That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen.
C.S. L EWIS
T HE C ASE FOR C HRISTIANITY
E XCERPTS FROM S HELBY S J OURNAL
Abney, Texas
June 10
Approximately 8:20 p.m. EST
While hiking in Colorado Bend State Park, Max, Bianca, Patrick, and I watched as a massive solar flare collided with the earth s atmosphere. The subsequent solar storm affected every aspect of our infrastructure and resulted in a total collapse of the electrical grid. We were later told there were pockets of areas less affected than others, but the event was felt worldwide. Abney and surrounding towns lost all power. From the first moment I saw the aurora, my biggest concern was finding insulin for Carter. I have to find it. Whatever it takes, I will not watch my son die.
June 11
4:00 p.m. EST
In a meeting on the courthouse square, our mayor read a news bulletin she received through the nearby Fort Hood military base. According to Mayor Perkins, the president of the United States declared a national state of emergency and implemented martial law. We are not to expect help from federal or even state government agencies. At this point we re on our own.
June 15
11:34 p.m. EST
The neighboring town of Croghan attacked Abney. The attempt to overrun our town failed, resulting in fourteen casualties. Max wants us to move north, to High Fields, but I need to go south-to Austin, to find insulin.
O NE
High Fields Ranch
June 28
S helby made her way slowly, carefully through complete darkness to the small guesthouse. Smoke drifted toward her. Max had assured her the burning structure was on the far side of the state highway. It won t jump the road.
She couldn t see it from where she stood-couldn t see much of anything. And the silence? It was total.
No jets screaming overhead.
No television blaring in the main house.
No vehicles driving the adjacent country road.
The quiet should have been unnerving, but she took comfort in it.
She walked into the house, catching the screen door so it wouldn t bang, but Carter heard her. He was sitting in the darkened living room.
It was a conversation she d hoped to avoid, but she sat down across from him and waited. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could make out her son s crossed arms and tense posture.
His voice, when he finally spoke, was ragged. It s dangerous for you to go alone.
I won t be.
So Max is going with you.
He is.
And I should too. He practically spat the words, his tone bitter and hard and still mourning.
You re not going.
I m not a child anymore.
I didn t say-
And it s not as if you know everything. Our house? Gone. Kaitlyn? Dead. The town we called home my entire life is hanging on by a thread, so don t pretend you know all the answers.
Carter-
He leaned forward, elbows on knees, hands clasped together. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was four years old, he had always been a thin child, but since the flare he d lost another ten pounds. Added to that, he was still shooting up and was now a good three inches taller than her. She suspected he would top out somewhere near six feet, the same height as his father. He had her hair-black with a tendency to curl-and her dark brown eyes. It was amazing how much she could see in the darkness, how well she knew her seventeen-year-old son. Anger and regr