Introducing Sam J. Fires
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Where did the idea for the story come from?
The idea came from a documentary about people living in the Las Vegas storm tunnels. I was struck by the contrast between the wealth above, and the hidden world below. I wondered whether if everything collapsed, would the tunnels become a refuge or something far more dangerous?
Give a quote from the books, one that says little but speaks volumes.
“Out here, survival isn’t luck. It’s who’s willing to do what it takes.”
Give a short summary of what the book is about.
A devastating EMP plunges Las Vegas into chaos, forcing a group of survivors to navigate a collapsing city where danger comes from both the environment and other people. As they fight to stay alive, they must rely on each other and an unlikely route beneath the city to escape.
What genre is it?
Post apocalyptic thriller suspense
How many pages is it?
370
Why do you think the readers will want to read it?
If they have a natural affinity for character driven post-apocalyptic fiction with plenty of action, they will want to read this
Where are you located?
UK
Book Blurb
When the grid goes down, the only way out is underground.
An EMP strike plunges Las Vegas into darkness.
Cars die. Phones go silent. Emergency services vanish.
In one of the most artificial cities on earth, survival becomes the only thing that matters.
Rosa has always lived between two worlds. By day, she works at one of Vegas’s most exclusive golf clubs. By night, she disappears into the storm tunnels beneath the Strip, where a hidden community survives on scraps and silence.
When a helicopter crashes into the club and no help comes, Rosa does the one thing she never does—she stays. She pulls her co-worker Morgan from the wreckage and ends up with a traumatised pit bull, Caesar, who won’t leave her side.
But as the smoke clears, one question won’t go away: where is everyone?
Morgan just wants to get home. But home means finding her brother, Carter—and her brother has problems of his own.
Carter has one thought: his five-year-old daughter is four hundred miles away in Salt Lake City—and he is running out of time. No car. No signal. No plan. And a debt collector named Samson who isn’t about to forget what he’s owed.
Rosa knows a way through the city.
Underground.
Dangerous.
The only option left.
Welcome to the tunnels.
When the grid goes down, the only way out is underground.
An EMP strike plunges Las Vegas into darkness.
Cars die. Phones go silent. Emergency services vanish.
In one of the most artificial cities on earth, survival becomes the only thing that matters.
Rosa has always lived between two worlds. By day, she works at one of Vegas’s most exclusive golf clubs. By night, she disappears into the storm tunnels beneath the Strip, where a hidden community survives on scraps and silence.
When a helicopter crashes into the club and no help comes, Rosa does the one thing she never does—she stays. She pulls her co-worker Morgan from the wreckage and ends up with a traumatised pit bull, Caesar, who won’t leave her side.
But as the smoke clears, one question won’t go away: where is everyone?
Morgan just wants to get home. But home means finding her brother, Carter—and her brother has problems of his own.
Carter has one thought: his five-year-old daughter is four hundred miles away in Salt Lake City—and he is running out of time. No car. No signal. No plan. And a debt collector named Samson who isn’t about to forget what he’s owed.
Rosa knows a way through the city.
Underground.
Dangerous.
The only option left.
Welcome to the tunnels.
Excerpt
“I heard my mother was released from prison,” Rosa said suddenly. The words were flat.
“A few days before this hit,” she added.
Ralph didn’t say anything at first. He knew enough about her past to understand what that meant.
“You think she’ll try to find you?” he asked.
Rosa shook her head. “No. She never cared enough for that.” She hesitated, staring at the floor.
“I heard she’s sick,” she said. “Most people… family… they would go see her. Try to help.”
Another pause. Then she lifted her eyes to Ralph’s.
“I just can’t.” She shook her head again, firmer this time. “Too much has happened. It’s like I never had a mother. And I don’t need one now.”
Ralph nodded. “I get that.”
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