"We were not the first."
The year is 2022. Pollution is at an all-time high. The U.S. and Russia are locked in a forever war that began since the 2000s, China has declared martial law, and the U.S. and Russian presidents are dead. The world is on its knees. To make matters worse, an unknown group launched a missile into Antarctica, killing an untold number of people in the Southern Hemisphere. In the midst of the chaos, is 28-year-old Snyder Callahan, who, along with the rest of humanity, is left to suffer in the chaos that the government caused and clean the dead bodies off the streets. When he is approached by a highly advanced megacorporation called Nexus, he is given a choice: save the rest of humanity or perish alongside them. Reuniting with his estranged brother Richard, he is put into cryostasis.
When he wakes up, Snyder's entire beliefs, morals, and ethics are put into question. Espionage, New Allies, and a new enemy: The Russian. For Snyder, the nightmare is only beginning.
A ragtag gang of teens teams up with a neighboring girl gang when a major cartel moves into town, threatening their families, their turf, and the community they've worked so hard to protect.
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Cash West formed the Seven 20s - a gang of six overzealous teens with guns - to keep his tiny, crime-infested town in nowhere California safe. His methods are unorthodox and frankly illegal, but the town loves his Robin Hood heroics. However, the gang gets more than they bargained for when the Mendoza cartel rolls into town, determined to knock them off the map. As the threat hits closer to home, Cash has no choice but to team up with his ex-girlfriend Tiana's neighboring girl gang, the Hearts of Spades. Soon allies become enemies, families get trapped in the crossfire, and romance brews as Cash fights to unravel a massive conspiracy that puts everyone that matters to him at risk. When the stakes are life and death, will the gangs be able to overcome an enemy more powerful than any of them could have predicted?
Book One of The Seven Twenties Series
Content and Trigger Warning: contains violence, drug use, mentions of domestic abuse, and mature themes.