Independent Now and Forever

26 years after a shocking invasion, a school teacher embarks on a journey across war-torn Alabama. Can he discover the secret to ending the Second Civil War of the United States?

This fast-paced science fiction novel takes place in a future where a horrible event severed what remains of the state of Alabama with the rest of the world. High school teacher Stewart Jackson finds himself propelled through a series events across the state he used to know, seeing for the first time what a quarter century of war did to his homeland. As Jackson discovers, not all is what it seems and in order to end the conflict, he must make an incredibly dangerous journey into the heart of the enemy.

Part exploration of what it means to be from Alabama, and part post-apocalyptic science fiction, Independent Now and Forever is the first novel from Chris Mitchell,