The Malefic Nation (Graham's Resolution Book 4) (23 page)
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Authors: A. R. Shaw
I can’t tell you what an amazing journey this has been for me. Graham’s Resolution is my first series, and it’s bittersweet as I write these last lines. I know I’m saying good-bye to my beloved characters to go on to new stories that are begging to be told, but at the same time I will miss them dearly.
Graham’s story is one I believe we each live in our own way as we grow older and learn the hard raw truths in life. The challenge of a mother handing over her son to someone she barely knows, the pain of the loss of Tala—these things kill me as I pen them. These people are real to me. I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I have.
There may be a time in the future that I write a sequel, ten years later to see where those of the next generation find themselves, their challenges and triumphs as life renews the world over.
Some have said the series is far too plausible. It is. Please be careful with our world. Life is fleeting.
A. R. Shaw
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A. R. Shaw’s Titles
Graham’s Resolution Series
Kindle Worlds Novellas
(Steven Konkoly’s series
The Perseid Collapse
.)
(Blake Crouch’s series
Wayward Pines
)
Works in an Anthology
A. R. Shaw, born in south Texas, served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1987 through 1991 as a communications radio operator, where she was stationed at the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) Station at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.
Her first novel,
The China Pandemic
(2013), climbed to number 1 in the dystopian and post-apocalyptic (SHTF) genres in May 2014 and was hailed as “eerily plausible” and with characters that are “amazingly detailed.”
Shaw lives with her family in eastern Washington State where, after the deep snow of winter finally gives way to the glorious rays of summer, she treks northeast to spend her days writing alongside the beautiful Skagit River.
No author completes a novel without tremendous help from friends old and new. Here is a list of those whose brave souls aided in this series creation.
Keri Knutson
:
cover artist.
Brian Bendlin
:
editor extraordinaire.
Janice McFadden Mickolas: Fan and I’m forever thankful for Tehya.
Gil Gruson: radio expert and beta reader.
Chris Barber: US Army soldier.
John Barber: trauma surgeon.
Mary Katherine Woods: surgical nurse.
Thomas Shaw: engineer, beta reader, and my HH.
Ryan Chamberlin: doctor and beta reader.
Steven Bird: weapons specialist, author, and beta reader.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: always patient with my many questions.
Amos Barber: hunting expert, and my dad.
Sari Sandford and her father in Alaska: ice fishing mavens.
Eric and Diana Tibesar: experts on cigars and smoking.
Adam Shaw: geology expert, and my son.
Will Moore: police officer and K9 expert.
Steven Konkoly: fellow author and sounding board.
G. Michael Hopf: fellow author and sounding board.
Wendy Shaw: constant sounding board, walking dictionary, and my daughter.
Oakley: my constant companion, whose insight into Sheriff is invaluable to me.