Walt Browning Books in Order

Hard‑driving sales rep Charlie is on the road when an EMP plunges the country into darkness. Stranded with two strangers, she has to fight through collapsing suburbs, violent gangs, and power‑hungry officials to reach the safety of a friend’s remote farm before the city consumes them.

In the second Charlie’s Requiem story, the new regime shows just how little individual lives matter. As roundups, disappearances, and quiet killings spread through the city, Charlie and her small group must choose between keeping their heads down or confronting a system built on fear.

The city Charlie once knew has become a battlefield where gangs, corrupt officials, and would‑be warlords carve up the ruins. With food running out and capture a constant risk, she and her companions must decide whether to gamble on fleeing the city or stay and resist rising tyranny.

Occupation forces and state‑sanctioned gangs now rule the streets, and Charlie has lost too many friends to simply run. Joining a growing underground, she helps take the fight back to the occupiers, knowing every act of retribution brings hope to some and deadly retaliation to others.