The Things We Hide: Book 2 of the Midwest Collapse Series

Winter closing in.Old demons unravel.And the farm is no longer safe.—Ben Mercer and his young daughters, Grace and Eve, reach the Red Wing farm barely intact. The road took everything they had — and winter is about to take more. Food is scarce. The cold is relentless. And the ghosts Ben carried with him didn’t stay buried. As the days shorten, Ben slips back toward the habits he swore he’d left behind.One violent mistake shatters the fragile peace of the valley and ignites a feud with a neighboring family — one with deep roots and no intention of backing down.With hunger rising and danger pressing in from all sides, survival demands the unthinkable: an alliance with a neighboring family — led by a matriarch who has survived far worse than the end of the world.To protect his daughters, Ben must confront what he’s been hiding — from them, and from himself — before it costs him the only thing he has left.The Things We Hide continues The Midwest Collapse Series — a gripping, deeply human story of family, survival, and resilience when the world doesn’t end all at once. It closes in.Perfect for fans of Station Eleven, The Road, and classic collapse fiction like Lucifer’s Hammer. Read more