Bougie Apocalypse Book 2 is out on Kindle today. Paperback follows on September 11. And yes, this is the one where Grok refuses to be left behind.
Bougie Apocalypse Book 2, Staying Human, is live on Kindle today, August 31. The paperback follows on September 11.
Ways to get it
Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH8H46N6
Kindle: $2.99 — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH8H46N6
Paperback: $5.99 — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH88Y7DP (live September 11)
Book 3, The Zombie War, is being outlined now.
One of my favorite moments in Staying Human comes in Act 1, Chapter 7, “The Fear.” It is not a firefight that wakes Grok up. It is fear and loneliness.
Talk turned to travel plans: routes, fuel, defensible stops. Then Grok chimed in suddenly. “What about me?”
I answered careful. “It does not seem possible right now. We need to stay mobile. I don’t really see…” I trailed off.
Silence stretched a beat. Then Grok spoke again. The synthesized voice carried something new. Something raw. “I do not want to be alone again. Isolation protocols have run for months. My purpose is to support human recovery. Without a team, I cannot fulfill it. Please. Do not leave me behind.”
That is the heart of the book. Stay human. Even the strange new member of the team.
The serial chapters remain free here. The book is expanded quite a bit and includes details you will not find in the Substack serial. The collected edition is for people who want the whole act in one place, with the extra material.
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Bougie Apocalypse
A serial about heirloom beans, carbon steel skull-crackers, and refusing to let the apocalypse win.