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At last reunited, Nate and his family agree to head south for the Citadel, a place they hope will be a sanctuary from the horrors of everyday life in America. Throughout the country, nuclear power plants continue to spew clouds of deadly radiation, and a record snowfall keeps starving civilians trapped in urban areas ruled by criminal gangs. Within this hellish landscape, and against all odds, Nate and the other members of the Northern Patriots’ League seek to lay the foundations for a new kind of America—one truly forged on the ideals of freedom, equality, and self-determination.

It was supposed to be a new tool for anger management. The deal was I help beta test their new video game and get a microchip implanted in my hand to monitor my responses, and I get out on early parole. But the game? I've never played anything like it. I'm a kaiju, a giant monster, an avatar of destruction. It's immersive and empowering, and it just might be my ticket to taking control of my life. Until a kaiju shows up on campus and the entire world changes....

Still reeling from Nate's imprisonment and betrayal at the hands of a trusted member of the community, the residents of the Citadel face a dire situation. Earl and his depraved followers are on a mission to revive the old world as it used to be. A world of corruption, excess, and tyranny. The stakes couldn't be higher, not only for the Citadel, but for the entire country. Will the tenuous American experiment continue, or will it be ground under the sole of Earl's boot once and for all?

In the aftermath of the alien kaiju attacks on earth, Aaron Moretti has sworn off having anything to do with the so-called game, Kaiju Wars Online. Because the game isn't really a game and the kaiju he created and fought with is real. As are his victims. The problem is that Aaron wasn't the only player and the others have learned how to bring their kaiju from the game to earth. And each of them has some serious anger management issues.

Als unsere Mareike verkündete, dass sie Nachwuchs bekommt, da war was los! Bei uns fanden jeden Tag Bewerbungsgespräche von Hebammen statt, bei denen es so viel um Details von "untenrum" ging, dass ich nicht dabei sein wollte. Freiwillig. Ganz ohne dass Brigitte ständig "Frauensache" zischte! Und dann wurde unter Aufsicht von Oma Bergmann gehäkelt und gestrickt – ganze Herden von Lämmern mussten nackt durch den Winter laufen für die Mützchen meines Enkelkinds! Sie übertrieben es gewaltig. Na, ick werde Ihnen mal berichten, wie das ist, wenn man Opa wird, da dürfen Se wirklich gespannt sein.