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Calm Act: Feral America #4
Feral Carolina
Newlywed to double agent.
Ava Panic’s happy honeymoon is rudely interrupted by a hostile takeover.
Her new boss is from Florida, recent conquerors of Georgia and Alabama. His first message demotes her. The relationship goes downhill from there.
Ripped from Cade’s arms, Ava heads to Carolina as a double agent, Hudson and death angel.
The company’s Carolina operations are a shambles. Hudson wants to halt Florida’s wars of expansion. And a women’s expedition hopes to instigate peace.
All Ava wants is to go home to Cade. Except there’s that little matter of revenge for the murder of New York City.
You'll love Ava Panic’s latest adventure in societal collapse, with page-turning action and vivid characters in the apocalyptic Calm Act Feral America series.
Get it now!
Ava Panic’s happy honeymoon is rudely interrupted by a hostile takeover.
Her new boss is from Florida, recent conquerors of Georgia and Alabama. His first message demotes her. The relationship goes downhill from there.
Ripped from Cade’s arms, Ava heads to Carolina as a double agent, Hudson and death angel.
The company’s Carolina operations are a shambles. Hudson wants to halt Florida’s wars of expansion. And a women’s expedition hopes to instigate peace.
All Ava wants is to go home to Cade. Except there’s that little matter of revenge for the murder of New York City.
You'll love Ava Panic’s latest adventure in societal collapse, with page-turning action and vivid characters in the apocalyptic Calm Act Feral America series.
Get it now!
322 pages, Paperback
First published August 31, 2018
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Ginger Booth
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After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
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February 19, 2019
This is the BEST of Ginger Booth’s dystopian novels about a near-term, not particularly United States. The old US has dissolved and been reconstituted as rival nations, each wrestling for survival in a desperate attempt to maintain order and to provide for their people. This is not easy as all nations are under threat. The population of each of the regions of the US is shrinking due to the consequences of climate change: violent and unpredictable weather, crop failures, shortages of all kinds, bad or no government--including malevolent efforts to cull the population.
_Feral Carolina_ is a great read, bringing Booth’s two heroines, Dee Baker (the Calm Act Series) and Ana Panic (the Feral America Series), together in an outreach mission to the struggling nation of Carolina, which is an important buffer between the aggressive nation of Florida and northern powers, Hudson and Ohio. Our heroines encounter a deadly hurricane and an ineffectual governor, before being kidnapped by a shadowy organization that is exploiting rural-urban divisions in Carolina Society for reasons that do not contribute to the greater continental good.
Booth does a good job in her series explaining how climate change will trouble all aspects of society. 1. The Calm Act Series is a higher level look at how the country has broken apart under the weight of bad leadership, the consequences of climate change, and the machinations of other world governments who seek to strengthen their positions in a world with shrinking resources. 2. The Feral America Series takes us down to the lowest level of society, where individuals with courage have to fight for their own survival. Not everyone will survive and, often times, the changes in society bring out the worst aspects of individual and national character. 3. The prequels, shorter pieces of fiction, explain in a way that’s all too plausible how we’ve gone from a relatively sane world to a much more desperate and horrific future.
I don’t recommend that you rush out to buy Feral Carolina if it’s your first sampling of Booth’s novels, as I think you should read the novels in their publication order. Buy them all, read them all.
_Feral Carolina_ is a great read, bringing Booth’s two heroines, Dee Baker (the Calm Act Series) and Ana Panic (the Feral America Series), together in an outreach mission to the struggling nation of Carolina, which is an important buffer between the aggressive nation of Florida and northern powers, Hudson and Ohio. Our heroines encounter a deadly hurricane and an ineffectual governor, before being kidnapped by a shadowy organization that is exploiting rural-urban divisions in Carolina Society for reasons that do not contribute to the greater continental good.
Booth does a good job in her series explaining how climate change will trouble all aspects of society. 1. The Calm Act Series is a higher level look at how the country has broken apart under the weight of bad leadership, the consequences of climate change, and the machinations of other world governments who seek to strengthen their positions in a world with shrinking resources. 2. The Feral America Series takes us down to the lowest level of society, where individuals with courage have to fight for their own survival. Not everyone will survive and, often times, the changes in society bring out the worst aspects of individual and national character. 3. The prequels, shorter pieces of fiction, explain in a way that’s all too plausible how we’ve gone from a relatively sane world to a much more desperate and horrific future.
I don’t recommend that you rush out to buy Feral Carolina if it’s your first sampling of Booth’s novels, as I think you should read the novels in their publication order. Buy them all, read them all.
September 28, 2018
Truly among the most engrossing dystopian story's I've ever read, and I've read a heap since about 1965 when I started reading SF. If you ever read "Day of of the Triffids" or watched "Threads", then do yourself a favour and read this. This was great. I really like Cade and Ava, Ava is the main character in this story arc. She is just a baby who's seen hell (due to a combination of climate change and various arms of the original US military) and survived. Some weather events in realtime mirror events in the story. Also mirrored in this book is the north-south divide which still apparently plagues America. I just do not know how Ginger Booth can watch the news in America, as she has already written parts of it.
I wish I could write a better review but sadly, it's not my forte. Anyway I hope to read more in this story arc.
I wish I could write a better review but sadly, it's not my forte. Anyway I hope to read more in this story arc.
August 23, 2019
This latest book of the series is the best yet. I enjoyed it so much that I want to re-read it again this weekend, slowly! The first time I read it I was speed reading because I was so caught up in the story that I just wanted to find out what was going to happen next. Both Cade and Ava are shedding their feral side and becoming the well-rounded people they were originally meant to be. Their journey has been amazing to observe and they have matured enough to know that they cannot right all the wrongs in the world. That being said, they are still a major force to be reckoned with and can and will kick butt with the best.
Cade and Ava get married but whilst on honeymoon they are forced to part as Ava has to travel to Carolina to work for the new Death Angel as a double agent. The leadership and organisational skills she acquired as the Queen Bee of White Supreme help her enormously here. This is a definite page-turner and will keep you on the edge of your seat. Lots of action and emotional highs and lows. Hurricanes, kidnapping, assassinations, slavery and child abuse are just the tip of the iceberg of the happenings in Feral Carolina.
I do hope that there will be a book 5 in the future as I have a lot of emotion vested in this series. I would like to know more of what is happening to society, the climates and the political structure of Feral America, as well as wanting more of Cade and Ava's story. I would give 10 stars if I could, I totally loved it!
Cade and Ava get married but whilst on honeymoon they are forced to part as Ava has to travel to Carolina to work for the new Death Angel as a double agent. The leadership and organisational skills she acquired as the Queen Bee of White Supreme help her enormously here. This is a definite page-turner and will keep you on the edge of your seat. Lots of action and emotional highs and lows. Hurricanes, kidnapping, assassinations, slavery and child abuse are just the tip of the iceberg of the happenings in Feral Carolina.
I do hope that there will be a book 5 in the future as I have a lot of emotion vested in this series. I would like to know more of what is happening to society, the climates and the political structure of Feral America, as well as wanting more of Cade and Ava's story. I would give 10 stars if I could, I totally loved it!
October 8, 2019
Hoping this is not the last Ava & Cafe adventure
Spoilers.
Wow what a journey from loner to gang royalty then solider, death angel and now a station head. Ava has embarked on not only a journey of survival but on revenge for those they vowed never to forget, yet, she finds in herself a capacity to see beyond her stunted view of her superiors, their choices and her own preconceptions and biases.
Underestimating those seen as young, weak or unable does not appear to be the smart thing to do ever! Thinking you have read enough post apocalyptic to know where these stories will take you would be underestimating Ginger Booth's talent for story telling.
Hope to meet more of the citizens of this new world and learn how they cope with the failure of the defunct US government to plan for the climate crisis!
Spoilers.
Wow what a journey from loner to gang royalty then solider, death angel and now a station head. Ava has embarked on not only a journey of survival but on revenge for those they vowed never to forget, yet, she finds in herself a capacity to see beyond her stunted view of her superiors, their choices and her own preconceptions and biases.
Underestimating those seen as young, weak or unable does not appear to be the smart thing to do ever! Thinking you have read enough post apocalyptic to know where these stories will take you would be underestimating Ginger Booth's talent for story telling.
Hope to meet more of the citizens of this new world and learn how they cope with the failure of the defunct US government to plan for the climate crisis!
September 1, 2018
I've been a fan of Ginger Booth's Calm Act series from its inception. This series is one that when I first saw it I wasn't sure how well I would like it. Once I read the first book I was hooked. Ginger Booths Characters come to life with all the problems and dingleberries you'd find on any cross section of our society. The remarkable thing is the way they rise above problems that would leave 98% of us in the dirt. Feral Carolina is the latest in this Universe and it just keeps getting better and better. The main Character in this book is one I have followed throughout the series and her growth as a person and as an Agent is phenomenal. Do yourself a favor and read this series, You'll be glad you did.
May 31, 2021
Continued Excellence to end another great series
As soon as I found out that the final chapter in the Feral America series was available I got a copy and started reading. The story starts with Ava getting married and ends with her showing off her new house. It’s her story in between that keeps you guessing. You will enjoy finding out the answers.
Ms Booth writes wonderful and detailed stories and this book is no exception. I live in North Carolina and felt like I was walking in my backyard. She adds details that you find from very few writers. Even the population of the cities is spot on. She brings both series together toward the end for a perfect blending with Dee and Ava working together. The eulogy made for a poignant ending.
As soon as I found out that the final chapter in the Feral America series was available I got a copy and started reading. The story starts with Ava getting married and ends with her showing off her new house. It’s her story in between that keeps you guessing. You will enjoy finding out the answers.
Ms Booth writes wonderful and detailed stories and this book is no exception. I live in North Carolina and felt like I was walking in my backyard. She adds details that you find from very few writers. Even the population of the cities is spot on. She brings both series together toward the end for a perfect blending with Dee and Ava working together. The eulogy made for a poignant ending.
March 2, 2019
Good dialog
I know this is the end of the stories. I am sad by this. I would like to see Maize to to west point. I don't think you live in New York or New Jersey. You forgot Indian Point below west point on the Hudson. Or the reactor in egg harbor on the way to Atlantic city. You should also peep into Newburgh the most dangerous small town in New York.
I know this is the end of the stories. I am sad by this. I would like to see Maize to to west point. I don't think you live in New York or New Jersey. You forgot Indian Point below west point on the Hudson. Or the reactor in egg harbor on the way to Atlantic city. You should also peep into Newburgh the most dangerous small town in New York.
September 14, 2018
I loved it
This book a fantastic addition to the saga. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. If you have read any of the previous books I don’t have to tell you how great this one is.
This book a fantastic addition to the saga. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. If you have read any of the previous books I don’t have to tell you how great this one is.
May 26, 2022
Sleep is Over-rated, Read This Book
Again I stayed up all night. The story is so mesmerizing. So much action and adventure that is just compelling, I couldn't put it down. Ginger Booth is a wonderful writer.
Again I stayed up all night. The story is so mesmerizing. So much action and adventure that is just compelling, I couldn't put it down. Ginger Booth is a wonderful writer.
October 21, 2018
Great !
Great series. Ginger Booth did a marvelous job with this series as well as the earlier one. Hopefully there will be more. Grab a copy
Great series. Ginger Booth did a marvelous job with this series as well as the earlier one. Hopefully there will be more. Grab a copy
September 30, 2020
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All four books were outstanding. The characters were so real and easy to relate to. I would recommend every one should read them in order.
All four books were outstanding. The characters were so real and easy to relate to. I would recommend every one should read them in order.
January 13, 2021
A great fun romp through a post apocalyptic America. Well written at a great pace.
December 5, 2022
Awesome!
Ginger just makes this better and better!
I love the intrigue, the planning, the screw ups, the unexpected turns that are made. I’m so glad the story doesn’t end here.
Ginger just makes this better and better!
I love the intrigue, the planning, the screw ups, the unexpected turns that are made. I’m so glad the story doesn’t end here.
September 19, 2018
Great book
A very timely look at climate change. I think more people should think about how we effect the world. I don't think anyone would care of the characters weren't fully fleshed out.
A very timely look at climate change. I think more people should think about how we effect the world. I don't think anyone would care of the characters weren't fully fleshed out.
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