The Motherland Trilogy
Thirty years after a global pandemic wiped out sixty percent of humanity, the world is barely recognizable. The Motherland, formerly the United States, is governed entirely by women. Murder is almost unknown, and violence against women is nearly unheard of. Nearly.
President Niobe Jefferson oversees a nation still shattered by the aftermath of the pandemic. Food supplies are precarious. In addition to killing more than five billion people, DeWalt Vareola H92N4, commonly referred to as the Pox, also destroyed every plant and animal species with limited genetic diversity - every last domesticated food animal, and every major crop except the potato. The threat of starvation looms. The last thing President Jefferson needs is a war.
Robert Hyde is the last male FBI agent in the Motherland. A serial killer haunts the capital, picking off powerful women, but Robert has his own cases to investigate. The recent death of his wife, a federal prosecutor, has left him shattered. He’s certain she was murdered.
With the country on the brink of war with a resurgent Aztec Empire, Robert is sent over the Trump Wall to investigate a high-profile murder. Working alongside an Aztec princess, he is forced to navigate a world very different from his own. As Robert pursues his case, the evidence points to some very powerful people in his own country, including his own mother-in-law, the formidable Senator Lenore Hyde.
Returning home, Robert is forced to make decisions that will impact his career, his life, and his future in a country where men have very little authority, even over their own lives.
Thirty-one years after a global pandemic wiped out sixty percent of humanity, the world is barely recognizable. The Motherland, formerly the United States, is governed entirely by women. Murder is almost unknown, and violence against women is nearly unheard of. Nearly.
In this compelling sequel to The Motherland and Mr. Hyde, Robert Hyde, now Assistant FBI Director, investigates a series of terrorist attacks that rock the Motherland. When he connects the attacks with rebels in the breakaway state of Montana, Vice President Sappho Green sends him to Montana to stop a war, or start one.
When Robert moves deeper and deeper into the rebel power structure, he is forced to question his allegiances. Robert is a federal agent in the Motherland, but he can’t hide his lifelong admiration for the one state that refused to be part of it.
As Robert’s relationship with Xochil matures, he comes to rely on her insight and her power as he navigates a political world that continues to marginalize men. But Robert has one goal above all others, avenging the murder of his late wife. As he narrows in on his nemesis — Motherland Springs CEO Taryn Manning, his job is complicated by powerful politicians willing to protect her at all costs.
Thirty-two years after a global pandemic wiped out sixty percent of humanity, the world is barely recognizable. The Motherland, formerly the United States, is governed entirely by women. Murder is almost unknown, and violence against women is nearly unheard of. Nearly.
In this compelling conclusion to the Limp Trilogy, Robert Hyde goes on the offense, delivering a series of crushing blows to Motherland Springs. But CEO Taryn Breville was never one to let bygones be bygones. When she comes after Robert and Xochil and their infant son, Robert is willing to do whatever it takes to stop her.
Wielding the full power of the FBI as well as that of the Aztec Empire, Robert goes to war with the politicians protecting Taryn Breville. When he learns the full extent of Motherland Springs’ criminal agenda, Robert is willing to burn whatever allegiances he has left to stop them.
As an insurgency in Mexico threatens Aztec rule, Robert tracks his nemesis to Peru where she has taken refuge with the Inca empress. But Robert didn’t come this far to lose.