A Duke's bidding is not easily defied. John, the only son of the Duke of Ashbourne finds himself on the cusp of being betrothed to a girl he barely remembers. In order to escape this fate he chooses to defy his birthright and adventure into the unknown. Nearly a decade later, he returns home-a self made man and the Captain of a fleet of ships-just to find himself wanting to embrace the very reason he walked away from it all. Will his past choices stand in his way? Or will he find a way to rise above it all and find happiness? __UPDATED Monthly__ Please remember to vote and comment! I love hearing from all my readers. Awards: 2017 Azul Awards- Historical fiction -3rd place 2017 Chaos Awards-Historical fiction -2nd place Best Ranking: #89th in Historical Fiction on March 22, 2018 Special rankings by category: #1 in stories about Earl's 5/11/2018 #17 in Duke 5/29/2018. #1 Countess 3/14/2020 #1 in Regency-England 4/15/21 #3 in Regency-England 5/10/22 (still holding)

Dave is a common man, he knows nothing of soldiers, warships and evacuations. He knows nothing of loss, sacrifice and fear, true fear. But he will. Most books involving Zombies, or some type of apocalypse, start with the characters waking up and finding the streets over run, civilisation in ruins and strong but crazy groups popping up everywhere. In this book you will find the fall. How did things start to fail, what sequence of events occurred to lead us here. The book has terrorists, mercenaries, warships, soldiers, civilians and my personal favourites - zombies. Hi everyone, this is the first time I have published on Wattpad, so fingers crossed lol If you think something is going well, please tell me, on the other hand if something is not going so well, please speak up. I can only improve with your help. I hope you enjoy the book. John

Violent disasters rage across America and society collapses. The living fight against the clutches of natural disasters and disease in a post-apocalyptic world. A militaristic group gathers survivors by any means to rebuild a functional society with the shards of the last, but its intentions are not as they seem. Survivors in this crumbling society need the wit and skill to make it or face the consequences. [This story is rated mature for strong language, drug and alcohol references, scenes of a sexual nature.] Cover made by theotherday. Thank you!