Brutal Reset by T. L. Payne
English | 2026 | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
An EMP shatters the nation.
No power. No communication. No cars.
When the president weaponizes artificial intelligence through brain implants, former CIA operative Blayne Mitchener and a secret government cabal face an impossible choice: destroy the system—or watch humanity lose its freedom forever.
Their attempt to stop it failed.
Now, President Burchett’s AI empire is rebuilding faster than anyone believed possible, and the neural network designed to influence human behavior is nearing completion. Operation Red Eagle, a nationwide EMP, is the only option left. If they deploy it, millions will die. If they don’t, artificial intelligence could seize control of the human mind itself.
When the lights go out across America, the consequences are immediate.
In Memphis, recovering addict and former Green Beret Jake Mitchener assumes it’s just another blackout until the world collapses into silence and chaos. In Tulsa, his ex-wife Kelsey, a trauma nurse struggling with grief after the loss of her son, is forced back into the fight to save lives as society unravels around her.
As infrastructure fails and the nation fractures, survival becomes only the beginning. Because the battle ahead isn’t just for civilization—it’s for the future of human freedom.
Brutal Reset is book one in the gripping post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller series, Blackout War, in which political betrayal, collapsing infrastructure, and rising technological tyranny collide, leaving humanity to fight not just for survival but for the right to remain human.
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