Robert M. Whitbey

Book #2 of the Land of Nod series.It's been two years since a man-made virus killed most of the people on the planet, while turning many of the survivors into rage-filled monsters. Finally finding contentment in his new family and friends, Nod hopes the worst is behind them. Unfortunately, a visitor 'falls out of the sky' and sets the whole community on its heels. A horde of monsters is headed their way, putting the lives of everyone in the community and everything they've built at risk.

His wife called him 'Nod.' Now she, his daughter and the majority of the planet are dead. Those that didn't die are healthier and stronger than ever before. Unfortunately, some of them are rage-filled monsters that want to kill anything alive. Nod isn't sure he wants to live in this new world, but circumstances keep preventing him from leaving it. While he seems content with a new life and new friends working together to keep everyone safe, he secretly believes he doesn't deserve to be happy again and plans to leave as soon as possible. But.....circumstances.

Sargent Francine "Frankie" Connelly's life changed forever when her transport was hit by an IED. Waking up after a nine-month coma, she found her mental faculties had been pushed beyond anything imaginable. After returning to her hometown of Redmond, OR, she tries to resume her life as normally as possible. But normal is something foreign to Frankie now. She never sleeps. She can read a novel in minutes. She can watch multiple videos and listen to a variety of music at the same time. She remembers everything. She stays up all night creating new technological wonders to be given to the world. But a new presence in her small town and a terrible tragedy forces her to return to the life of a Soldier. The Soldier is the third book in the Small Town Heroes series by author Robert M Whitbey which looks at extraordinary people living in ordinary places. While each book is its own story, the reader can find numerous connections to other stories in the Small Town Heroes series both in print and online.

Tom Salem is a reporter searching for answers after a failed suicide attempt. Soon he is on the trail of someone believed to be secretly helping people all around Kern County in California's Central Valley. He finds others who have been similarly helped such as an elderly man saved from his burning home, a young girl lost in the woods for days and a shopkeeper saved from a robbery. All incidences have one thing in common: a mysterious, heroic stranger dubbed 'The Angel' by locals. What Tom finds is nothing like he expected. As he edges closer to the truth, the reporter becomes part of the story when he is forced to come to terms with his own 'demons.' When The Angel goes from whispers on the internet to full media exposure, can the mysterious figure survive the onslaught of public scrutiny? Or will the person that 'just wants to help people' fold under the pressure?