The Survivors

Nathan Palmer, the renowned quirky "savant and successful entrepreneur," embarks on his greatest adventure yet, when he takes a trip to Wyoming for a relaxing and adventurous vacation at his western ranch. Nathan, his business partner and their families find themselves stranded and fighting to survive on a ranch next to the Wind River Indian Reservation. Everything seems to go wrong - an earthquake, volcanic eruption, raging forest fires. Tensions rise. Panic erupts. Their families must band together as a team to survive. Nathan must join up with members of the Arapaho and Shoshone tribes of the reservation to discover the truth behind the mystery why so many natural disasters have suddenly started to rock their sacred land. Everyone will be forced to break the law and risk everything to survive the largest holocaust to strike the U.S. since the September 11, 2001 Twin Tower Attacks. It's life or death, fighting for their lives against the elements, and only the strong survive. But can Nathan and all his friends really survive the forces of nature that are so indomitable that they threaten the entire U.S.?

Seems that Nathan Palmer, the quirky renowned "savant and successful entrepreneur," has found himself once again in a situation where his ability to solve a complex mystery means the difference between life and death, and that has never been truer than now. He embarks on his greatest adventure yet, when he takes a trip to Wyoming for a relaxing and adventurous vacation at his western ranch. From the beautiful Island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean to Yellowstone National Park and the rugged mountains of Wyoming, Nathan, his business partner and their families find themselves stranded and fighting to survive on a ranch next to the Wind River Indian Reservation. Everything seems to go wrong - an earthquake, volcanic eruption, raging forest fires. Tensions rise. Panic erupts. Their families must band together as a team to survive. Quiet, modest Nathan Palmer must use his genius and investigative skills to discover who is drilling into the massive Yellowstone National Park caldera and why – a dangerous activity causing earthquakes that leads back to the most powerful figures in Washington. What he discovers sends the Indian reservation reeling. This is not the first deception connected to rogue federal government agencies. Nor will it be the last… Nathan must join up with members of the Arapaho and Shoshone tribes of the reservation to discover the truth behind the mystery why so many natural disasters have suddenly started to rock their sacred land. Everyone will be forced to break the law and risk everything to survive the largest holocaust to strike the U.S. since the September 11, 2001 Twin Tower Attacks. It's life or death, fighting for their lives against the elements, and only the strong survive. But can Nathan and all his friends really survive the forces of nature that are so indomitable that they threaten the entire U.S.?

John West is a pseudonym for the real author who served over thirty years in the federal government, which included four years in the military as a Russian translator for the Department of Defense and National Security Agency. He also spent six years holding various state and local positions in the areas of Public Health and Emergency Preparedness. THE SURVIVORS is his fifth novel. The real author lives in the Southwest region of the U.S.