T. L. Payne

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....

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....

A catastrophic EMP attack. A world plunged into darkness. Suddenly, everything stops. No power. No transportation. No communications. When the lights go out and panic grips her town, Serenity Jones is forced to run for her life.

Just when Maddie thinks she has reached safety at her uncle’s farm, a new threat emerges sending her on the run in a race for her life....

In an instant, everything stops. No lights. No phones. No transportation. When coordinated EMP and Cyber attacks wipe out the nation’s power grid and communications, ultra-marathon runner, Maddie Langston, is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out...

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...

The lights go out. Cars stall. Communications fail. Cities descend into chaos. An EMP attack leaves single-father Will Fontenot and his son stranded in Houston, Texas. It's an all-out battle for survival. Wracked with guilt and struggling with PTSD from the accident that took his wife's life...

Sam Wallace had prepared for the end of the world as we know it. But when an EMP attack strikes as he's two hundred miles away from home, his survival skills face the ultimate test.

Texas County, Missouri, is a powder keg ready to blow. As winter approaches, small-town issues become big trouble. Maddie Langston and her group of post-apocalyptic survivors are stretched thin. Vengeful old foes take advantage of weakened defenses. Without support, as supplies dwindle, citizens...

The fight for survival continues. Enemy forces have unleashed an EMP over the heartland of America, causing the power grid, transportation, and communications to fail. Meanwhile, Houston, Texas, has been hit by a monster hurricane. Amid the devastation, the battle for survival continues. In the...

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...

A new threat emerges...from an unexpected source. Lives hang in the balance. As Maddie, Zack, and their group struggle to secure the cabin, the community grapples to find justice in a lawless world when a girl goes missing. Amid turmoil and bloodshed, Maddie learns that evil comes in all shapes...

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...

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...

Remaining in the city is not an option. Wounded and weary from their battle at the military base, Will and Isabella want to rest and gather their strength for what lies ahead. But as the military continues to battle foreign insurgents bent on gaining control of Houston, Will and the others must...

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....

A massive cyber-attack crippled half the nation's power grid. A super EMP took care of the rest. While a cyber-attack crippled half the nation’s power grid, enemies of the United States launched an super EMP over the midwest sending the nation back to the stone age. For Raine Caldwell and...

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...

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

In the aftermath of a deadly confrontation, Serenity and her group seek refuge in Byers Mansion, the former hideout of their fallen adversary, Craig Hall. As she grapples with the emotional and physical scars of the recent battle, Serenity finds herself facing an even more formidable foe.