Appalachian Theory

EM: We are chatting today with Nathan O’Discin, creator of America: The Obliged which has, for better or for worse, been delayed. But it’s coming out within a matter of days, at long last. Nathan, what on earth happened?   Nathan: Em, first, thanks for having me. Yeah. So, it’s kind of crazy what happened, honestly. We were barreling for an October release and then things kind of broke down between myself, my agency, and the various players on the publisher’s side. Everyting was kind of centered around some documentation missing over the creative use of Nathan O’Discin.   EM: Your Pen Name?   Nathan: Yes! So, the publisher was aware that Nathan O’Discin was a publisher author from my endeavors at Balboa Press with Beneath the Whispering Pines. So when it came to America: The Obliged being published in a different publishing house, I was unaware that there was a process to transfer my name for use with another company.   EM: …interesting.  ...

  American Atrophy   Prologue Drab overcast wrapped the sky in a gluttonous daub of clouds.   Pellets of sleet mixed into rain, gathering in near-freezing puddles on the rotten and uneven pavement of the sidewalk outside the old Statesboro Hospital. A lazy crowd had grown curious by the unusual presence of militiamen standing arm in arm outside the old facility. The crowd gaveled at the fierceness of the men, their faces shrouded to their eyes by white neck gaiters, their tired and warworn eyes peered out, unbothered by the crowd’s curiosity. The men were each marred by years of combat and sacrifice, all in the name of United States President Aiden Connor; offering an obvious clue to who may be inside the dilapidated hospital facility. Under the decaying plinth of the old sanitarium, President Connor and a cluster of oligarchs glamoured over their new state-of-the-art laboratory, their money well spent. The sheen of the stainless-steel floor of the facility reflec...

Civil War follows up where America: The Obliged left off, sans a year in time and space where the situation within the besieged United States has gone from ill to deathly as states opt for a future within the Federated States of America, New Confederacy, Christian Caliphate of Exodus, or the Republic of California and its exclaves.  Derrick Reddon is tasked with reigning in his brother Adam Reddon in his wildly successful rise of the deep south into a second confederacy that outpaces the Federation's ability to manufacture armaments. A desperate affront drives into Arkansas to distract Adam's forces from further invasion of the borderlands of the Federation but at significant financial and psychological costs to the fledgling nation, as Alyssa, Chase, and the entirety of the nation depend on the militant-turned-American hero to save them, and just maybe, the nation too. Follow the latest news and developments in the America: The Obliged series at O'Discin Books or the Am...