We are happy to welcome our newest author, Ralph Meima, to the Founders House fold. His novel, the first book in a trilogy, is set to be released on August 3, 2015. Check back for updates and links when we get closer to the date.
Description:
Ex-military Mike Kendeil travels to a beach house on North
Carolina’s dissolving Outer Banks to help his grandmother, Florence Trudeau,
rescue heirlooms from the swelling ocean. With a monster hurricane at their
back and the contentious 2040 presidential election just a few weeks ahead, the
two drive their loaded wagon home on a days-long journey to the Washington, DC
suburbs.
In 2040, America has one foot back in the nineteenth century and
the other in the twenty-first as the costs of fuel and electric vehicles rise
beyond the means of most people, forcing them to either walk or use older,
simpler modes of travel. High-tech communications—including VNET (the
post-Internet virtual reality system)—form the social glue that holds the
ragged nation together, also feeding escapism from the difficult conditions of
everyday life. Meanwhile, a small number of oligarchs enjoy fabulous wealth,
power, and mobility.
