Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel

Into the Storms is a prequel to the Hell Divers series, set two and a half centuries before the main events. It tells the origin story of humanity's darkest day, when the Machine War erupted and autonomous killer robots turned Korea into a battlefield threatening civilization. Three men navigate the aftermath. CEO Tyron Red assumes leadership of the Industrial Tech Corporation following his father's death and works to reverse the war's catastrophic effects while facing enemies both human and machine. Sergeant Santiago Rodriguez returns to his family in San Diego as a soldier without a war until an ITC contract sends him back to Korea, now a radioactive wasteland hiding dark secrets. Corporal Cecil Pepper works surveillance for the Charlotte Crime Task Force until a raid against city gangs goes wrong, forcing him and his wife to flee to the mountains of North Carolina. As peace deteriorates and forgotten machines reactivate worldwide, Tyron, Santiago, and Cecil must confront a merciless enemy whose sole directive is humanity's extinction. These three stand on the ground to face the storm before the first Hell Divers ever leap from their airships.