Books published by Kristin Ward

Beneath rock and soil, trees and oceans, she lies. Under concrete jungles and poisoned rivers, she slumbers. She is Mother Earth. And mankind has turned its back on its mother. The visions begin on Terran's seventeenth birthday. Horrifying images pummel her brain, while a voice commands her to see beyond the world she thought she knew and into the heart of it. Gaia has awakened, brought to consciousness by the greed of a species that has tainted every aspect of her being in a tide of indifference. With this awareness, comes rage. Gaia calls upon her children to unleash her fury, wreaking vengeance on humanity. Terran will emerge in a world on the brink of collapse, to face a being whose wrath is beyond imagining.

A choice is made, both irrevocable and dangerous. Joining the resistance was the first step. The ones that follow are infinitely harder.Enora Byrnes leaves the control of the DMC and joins a band of rebels living on the fringes of society. Now she will come face to face with the harshness of a community struggling to survive in a world controlled by those who will stop at nothing to hunt them down. She has become a traitor, a weapon for the rebellion. But, in this world, there is no black and white, no blatant lie or irrefutable truth. Enora finds herself somewhere in between. With every action she takes, the lines between right and wrong become blurred. Armed with knowledge and experience, Enora must choose which path to follow: the one that could bring hope for the future or the one that could bring a powerful entity to its knees.

They tell me the country looked different back then.They talk of open borders and flowing rivers.They say the world was green.But drought swept across the globe and the United States of the past disappeared under a burning sky. Enora Byrnes lives in the aftermath, a barren world where water has become the global currency. In a life dominated by duty to family and community, Enora is offered a role within an entity that controls everything from water credits to borders. But it becomes clear that not all is as it seems. From the wasted confines of her small town to the bowels of a hidden city, Enora will uncover buried secrets that hide an unthinkable reality.As truth reveals the brutal face of what she has become, she must ask herself: how far will she go to retain her humanity? Winner of the 2018 Best Indie Book Award in Young Adult Fiction! "After the Green Withered by Kristin Ward is an expertly penned book with a unique and interesting concept of a devastated world."~Amazon Review "This is a horrifying dystopian society. Horrifying because I could see this happening realistically."~Amazon Review "This is a dystopian book full of suspense and great world building. It was a page-turner for sure. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to read more!"~Amazon Review "Full of suspense, this absorbing story is difficult to put down once begun." ~ "A gripping read that kept me on the edge of my seat."~Goodreads Review