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  • Published: 1 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780425278703
  • Imprint: Ace
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $55.00

Into The Guns



On May Day, 2018, sixty meteors entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded around the globe with a force greater than a nuclear blast. Earthquakes and tsunamis followed. Then China attacked Europe, Asia, and the United States in the belief the disaster was an act of war.

On May Day, 2018, sixty meteors entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded around the globe with a force greater than a nuclear blast. Earthquakes and tsunamis followed. Then China attacked Europe, Asia, and the United States in the belief the disaster was an act of war.

Washington D.C. was a casualty of the meteor onslaught that decimated the nation’s leadership and left the surviving elements of the armed forces to try and restore order as American society fell apart.

As refugees across America band together and engage in open warfare with the military over scarce resources, a select group of individuals representing the surviving corporate structure makes a power play to rebuild the country in a free market image as The New Confederacy . . .

  • Published: 1 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780425278703
  • Imprint: Ace
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $55.00

About the author

William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz is the author of more than twenty science fiction novels. He grew up in the Seattle area, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a medic, graduated from the University of Washington, lived in Africa for half a year, and has traveled to six continents. Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, and television producer, and currently serves as Director of Pubic Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company. His novels include Legion of the Damned, Deathday, and his most recent hardcover, Earthrise. He and his wife live in the Seattle area, where they enjoy traveling, boating, snorkling, and not too surprisingly, reading books.

Praise for Into The Guns

When it comes to military science fiction, William Dietz can run with the best

Steve Perry, author of The Tejano Conflict

Dietz’s expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none

The Oregonian