The Patriot Protocol Kindle Edition

I've read all of the author's "Corps Justice" books and enjoyed each of them. When crossing over to Sci-fi in The Patriot Protocol, the story doesn't flow as good as the others. In fact, I am still trying to find out what the plot was. Ten years after the collapse, Ryker and his family are trying to survive in a small cabin they called home when intruders causes Ryker to defend his property. Now that they were discovered, he takes his family and heads to a nearby town. Ryker's skills show that he has some military background but doesn't own up to it until later in the story. Two of his children become deathly ill, which forces him to join the military for five years to save them. They are relocated and then the whole world comes apart. His missions are "creepy" and depend on his cunning and sixth sense to survive. Unseen forces are targeting him and readers don't find out who it is. Then the book ends.

Loss of the star is because of the sudden ending. I enjoyed reading about the high tech gadgets and such - should have said up front that this book was part of a series.

I have long enjoyed the "near-term, scifi, Dystopian future" genre ... and have personally read most of the well-known titles & trilogies in this category released over the last twenty years. I don't believe this particular book is going to earn 'literary awards' any time soon ... but it is a worthwhile read and very entertaining. The 'hero-protagonist' is an interesting character (personality) ... although some of his 'morality traits' may seem a bit "over-the-top" for some readers. The other main supporting characters are equally interesting, if not occasionally overly "caricaturistic" at times. I wish the author had included more background detail on what the main factors were which actually drove global societies to the sad state of affairs that brought on the conditions described in the book. Perhaps that will become more prominent in its sequel(s).

G C Cooper has gotten off to an intriguing start to what could be a very absorbing new series. In THE PATRIOT PROTOCOL, we're introduced to yet another post-apocalyptic world that is, as yet, of undetermined origin. Though there are hints at what occurred to bring it to its current state.
Our protagonist, known only as Ryker, finds himself caught in several quandaries in this first installment. All of which involve the safety of his wife & children - always paramount in his thoughts - and higher stakes than any he's ever known.
With what looks, so far, to be a solid supporting cast Ryker's task is set before him, after we're introduced to that cast along the majority of this book. Doubts abound. Yet his strong sense of duty is very compelling as well. The potential upside beyond astounding for every living thing.
Only time will tell if THE PATRIOT PROTOCOL is a viable solution to the world's ills.

At first, I didn't like this story. In fact, I was ready to delete it from my Kindle w/o finishing the story. However, I decided to keep reading a few pages more before deleting. I ended up not being able to put it down and finished it. While I think it's a little far fetched, and I hope this is not a necessary way for the world to continue, I expect nothing is impossible especially with some of the crazies in this world, i.e.. ISIS, N.. Korea for example, who knows!!!!!

The future, 2057, ten years after 'The Collapse'! Ryker and Jane have managed to survive and were busy raising 3 children and pretty much hiding from the rest of the world. As most of the author's heroes, Ryker is a special man. He has secrets that we don't easily learn. This post apocalyptic story is more than a little sad; but the author's imagination is reminiscent of Robert A. Heinlein, famous American author of science fiction. There are many twists and turns, surprises, and shocks. The ending feels anticlimactic, but it looks like the beginning of a series. No HEA!

Another great read by Cooper. Spoiler alert.

This one starts ten years after the collapse. Ryker has just killed two men who invaded his home that a cabin in the middle of nowhere. His wife Jane and his three kids, all delivered by him, survive. Ryker now knows he's going to have to abandon the cabin that has been home since the collapse.

Wife Jane was a flight nurse before the collapse and Ryker was a soldier who spent years in the sandbox fighting wars. He's one very capable killer when the need arises and Jane is and always has been his rock. His kids are loved and cared for. But now Jane decides they need to go to Franklin. Its a town survivors live in. Ryker isn't keen but he knows the cabin isn't safe anymore. If those two morons could find them, then anyone could. The next visitors might be more capable then the two men he killed.

Once in Town he heads for Pete's. Its the closest thing to a store where items can be traded or bartered for. Money isn't worth anything anymore unless you want to use it to wipe your ass with. Ammunition, guns, cats, dogs and anything else you can eat is the real earner now.

Ryker makes a bargain with Pete. Ryker will make ammunition, something he's very good at, in return for a room for he and his family. Pete is more than happy. Ammunition is always needed and the fact that Ryker is a whiz at making it is a talent worth its weight in gold.

Pete tells him that the Tennessee Zone is looking for recruits and many are signing up for food, safety and protection. Ryker isn't ready to rejoin any Army. He had enough of that when he was a soldier. A soldier with a glorious past that no one knows about.

All that changes when Jane is attacked as she's gathering herbs and other medical plants. Ryker gets the location where she was taken and heads out seeking revenge. While in the treeline and getting ready to kill these men, three of them, he's stopped by a tall man with an Ipad. A pad that identified him as a member of the Tennessee Zone army. He's a general and his man capture the three men and pull the women and kids who were obviously prisoners out of that cabin they were in. The man, who identifies himself as The General tells him to come to HQ and meet him. The General could always use a real soldier and he recognizes Ryker as just that. Ryker as of now isn't interested.

That all changes when two of he and Jane's kids come down with some illness. They need a doctor and medicine which is something he can get at the Tennessee Zone HQ. He will have to sign up to get it but its worth it to Ryker. Pete has an old truck and takes the family to where the Zone trucks will be to pick up those wanting to join and Ryker, Jane and the kids are headed for that HQ.

So begins one damned fine read.

This one has Ryker with a past only his wife Jane is aware of, his three kids, the General, Gregor, boot camp, a Ryker who's already been through boot camp, a Gregor who recognizes Ryker, a Ryker who asks him to keep things on the down low, an attack at Cumberland where boot camp is held, a Ryker who saves the day, a Ryker who they call a hero, a Ryker who joins the Squads, the General with a mission for Ryker, a mission involving the disappearance of a squad in Boulder, a Ryker and his team that find the bodies, a Ryker and team who get a note telling them where to go to see the killers of the squad, a Ryker who kills a crazy man and knows where to shoot to disable the bomb he has wired with a hundred victims set to die, a Ryker who is wanted by the Fed, the Fed that Ryker thinks isn't around anymore, a meeting in a bunker that full of growing crops, cattle, chickens, horses and his Father, a Father he thought was dead, the VP who he also thought was dead, Cybots that caused the collapse in the first place, a Father with a plan he calls the Patriot Protocol that includes Ryker, a Ryker who doesn't trust his Father at all, a Ryker who needs to speak with Jane, friends, enemies and Ryker doing his best to figure it al out, save his family and stay alive.

Five Stars. Damned good read.