T. L. Payne

In the face of a world transformed by an EMP attack, the Spencer family has faced every challenge, every trial, and forged an unbreakable bond.

Following a tender reunion with her father, Keith, Serenity faces a daunting new challenge. She must lead family members and fellow survivors back to Bower Township. But to survive the trip, she and the group must evade ruthless predators who want their supplies. As they arrive in their new...

In a race against time and fate, Ethan and Brooke have embarked on a harrowing journey, battling through eight hundred miles of treacherous territory over a grueling three weeks.

Serenity's journey to reunite with her brother continues in book two of the Reign of Darkness series...

When an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power grid and communications, college freshman Maddie Langston is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out, Maddie is in a race against time....

In the aftermath of a catastrophic EMP attack, sixteen-year-old Serenity Jones finds herself thrust from the hardships of homelessness into a harrowing struggle for survival in a world plunged into darkness and chaos....

Treacherous times leave loved ones dead as Sam pays the ultimate price to help Camp Wallace and eastern Tennessee....

With Sam home, and Unicoi in the hands of traitors, desperate residents take refuge at Camp Wallace. Food is scarce, but danger is plentiful. Sam and Lauren must take decisive action. Survival is no longer possible with the Corbin threat. Sam and Lauren go on offense, and attack the enemy from...

Nearly two weeks after an EMP attack sent the nation into chaos, Ethan and Brooke are still fighting to make their way home to Tulsa. Dangers await them at every turn....

Two weeks after an electromagnetic pulse knocked out the power grid, communications, and nearly all transportation, sending that nation back into the Stone Age, Lauren Wallace and the small eastern Tennessee town of Unicoi struggles to survive as residents hunker behind their newly constructed...

After an EMP attack plunged the nation into chaos, two parents must make a daring journey that spans more than 800 miles without modern technology....

In an instant, an EMP attack plunges the nation into chaos. Young parents Ethan and Brooke Spencer are on a romantic ski vacation in the Rockies when the lights go out, cars stall, and communications fail. Stranded 800 miles from home, they are desperate to return to their four-year-old twins...

An EMP attack takes out the power grid, putting 200 miles and a dangerous crew of hired assassins between former police detective Sam Wallace and his family....

Alliances are made and lines are drawn as Maddie and her group come face to face with General Dempsey’s forces. Defiance is book seven in the Days of Want series. Other Books by T. L. Payne Days of Want Series Turbulent Hunted Turmoil Uprising Upheaval Mayhem Defiance Gateway to Chaos Series...

The fight is far from over. After repelling invaders in the south, President Latham and the newly formed government direct attention toward enemies in the north. As war-torn survivors cling to life, Will and Isabella are assigned to an Army cavalry unit tasked with a special mission. With the...

Their world is about to be turned upside down. Nine months after the lights went out, Maddie Langston and the other survivors in Texas County just want to replenish their food stores and prepare for the next winter but an unexpected encounter with a stranger takes all their lives in a whole...

Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Pre-med student Raine Caldwell is about to find out. The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves, after one of their own is taken....

The battle is far from over. Surviving each day is still a perilous struggle, and the farm may not be the safe haven Will Fontenot had hoped. Will's homecoming to Calcasieu Parish is anything but welcoming as he comes face to face with the Blanchards, a local crime family who have taken over the...

In the weeks since an EMP attack left their world in chaos, Raine Caldwell and her group have escaped St. Louis only to find trouble at the farm in St. Francois County....

After surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wannabe dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead. Old friends pitch in to help until a more deadly foe arrives to put all of their lives at risk. A...