Burning World

The year is 2050 and Sun City, the shining jewel of the Pacific State, is reeling from a horrific terrorist attack. Capitalizing on its vulnerability, criminal cartels have rooted themselves deep in the city's seven sections. As a unit of ill-prepared agents tasked with defending the Pacific State begins to realize its paper tiger status, a battalion of soldiers rebelling against an authoritarian regime seeks to even the playing field—even if the collateral damage is world-ending.

The year is 2050 and Sun City, the shining jewel of the Pacific State, is reeling from a horrific terrorist attack. Capitalizing on its vulnerability, criminal cartels have rooted themselves deep in the city's seven sections. As a unit of ill-prepared agents tasked with defending the Pacific State begins to realize its paper tiger status, a battalion of soldiers rebelling against an authoritarian regime seeks to even the playing field—even if the collateral damage is world-ending. A young man dogged by the shadow of a brother who raised him. A brilliant data scientist addicted to immersed reality. A rehabilitated yakuza in search of redemption and his estranged wife. A headstrong former cop caught between two lives that can never be one. Can this dysfunctional unit learn to work together in time to stop a military coup? Or will Sun City's future go down in flames?

Berkley Hinton has worked as a carpenter's assistant, bouncer, graphic designer, corporate trainer, and product manager and has written professionally and recreationally for nearly two decades. Mr. Hinton is also an artist, gamer, and former martial artist. Burning World, the first in the series, is his first finished fictional work.