The Fifth Horseman

‘The Fifth Horseman’ is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel set in the near future in Northern Arkansas; after an economic collapse, EMP attack, and limited nuclear war bring racial civil warfare and the collapse of society to America. The name used to refer to the fall of civilization within this universe is ‘The Balk’, shorthand for ‘Balkanization’. Tens of millions have died of starvation and disease and war. The rest divide their loyalties into neo-feudal city-states and their territories, struggling for control over the few resources that remain. One man may be able to unite them all. After war, famine, pestilence, and death, he is, The Fifth Horseman. If you liked Clint Eastwood in ‘Pale Rider’ and Kevin Costner in ‘The Postman’, you’re going to love the movie adaptation of this book, too!