"The Remaining: Extinction (The Remaining, 6)" by D. J. Molles

https://www.amazon.com/Remaining-Extinction-D-Molles-author/dp/0356505901/

Book number six of a six book apocalyptic science fiction series. There
is another series in the same universe with the main character for a
total of eighteen books. I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by Orbit in 2015 that I purchased new in 2025 from
Amazon. I have the first book in the second series and will read it soon.

Captain Lee Harden of the US Army is a member of the US Special Forces.
His duty is to live in his remote US Army built home with a steel and
lead concrete bunker underneath it. Any time the US government gets
nervous, he goes down into his bunker with his dog and locks the vault
door. He then talks with his supervisor daily over the internet until released by his supervisor to leave the bunker. His duty is to stay in
the bunker during any event and come out thirty days after he has zero
contact with his supervisor. Then it is his duty to find groups of
people to restore order in his portion of the USA.

Then one day, Captain Harden has been sitting in his bunker for a couple
of weeks and his supervisor does not call. A plague has been sweeping
the planet and things are getting more dire by the day. Apparently the infected do not die but their brains are mostly wiped out. Zombies. A
month later, Captain Harden and his dog emerge from their bunker to find
a total disaster with infected roaming the countryside.

Captain Harden’s home and bunker were burned out after everything to eat
or shoot was stolen by a gang of bad guys. But he has a secret, he has
ten bunkers built by the U.S. Army strategically located around the
state. And only he can open the bunkers. But the bad guys are chasing Captain Harden to get the rest of the food and ammo from him. And
nobody trusts anybody.

The Marines from Camp Legume have shown up and allied themselves with
Captain Harden. The Delta Force from Fort Bragg have also shown up an
allied themselves with Captain Harden. But, millions of infected
crossed the river into North Carolina before the bridges were blown up.

The author has a website at:
https://djmolles.com/blog/the-remaining-universe-reading-order

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,052 reviews)

Lynn

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