New Cardano: The Series

In the aftermath of cosmic collapse, a new world begins in the quiet ash of survival. Spanning ten novels and over two centuries of post-apocalyptic history, the New Cardano series is an epic journey through ruin, rebirth, and the dangerous power of memory.

At the center of it all lies the town of New Cardano, built atop the bones of old Monroe, Louisiana. This is not just a setting. It is a living symbol of what remains when the sky falls and civilization forgets itself. And it is here, across generations, that the descendants of the powerful and visionary Cardano family will rise to lead, to protect, and to confront the consequences of a legacy wrapped in plutonium, ambition, and secrecy.

The saga begins in the days before the world ended.

Charles Cardano, a southern oil magnate, is desperate to preserve his legacy as atomic energy threatens to replace petroleum. He partners with Elijah Brinkley, a traveling salesman pushing a radioactive health tonic called Blast Off! Marketed as a miracle drink, its formula is dangerously unstable and more powerful than anyone realizes.

When a mysterious celestial event known only as The Surge sweeps across the Earth, the world collapses: electromagnetic failure, radiation storms, and psychological chaos. In Monroe, Louisiana, a small group of survivors emerges—and from their decisions, a new kind of civilization begins to take shape.

This is where it starts.
Where the world ends.
And where New Cardano begins.

Told in dual timelines:

• Two years after the Surge, Hank Keller, Carolina Cardano, and others struggle to define the first version of New Cardano. Do they build with law or with faith? With freedom or control? A warlord from Western Alabama arrives, threatening everything. Carolina’s pregnancy ensures that the Cardano legacy will continue.
   
• Two hundred years later, Governor Mary Cardano faces a political uprising when she refuses to execute a young thief from the North. Mad Marve, a scarred populist with a cult following, rises to challenge her authority. Meanwhile, a mysterious artifact known as the Red Notebook, carried by a girl named Sasha, begins to circulate in secret, hinting at long-buried truths about the Surge that no one is ready to confront.
   

Each of the remaining books expands the mythology, deepens the generational struggles, and draws New Cardano ever closer to a final reckoning. Echoing the rise of the United States, these stories explore how ideals become institutions… and how even the best intentions can become shackles.

The making of a monster. From backwoods survivor to revolutionary icon, Mad Marve’s brutal origin reveals how cruelty, charisma, and myth can reshape a nation.

A cataclysmic environmental event plunges the Territory into a devastating freeze. Survival becomes desperation. A new spiritual movement gains momentum—one that reinterprets the Surge not as a tragedy, but as a holy event.

The mysterious notebook carried by Sasha resurfaces. Passed from hand to hand, it contains cryptic data and scientific theories from a long-dead man named Anton Dubrovsky. What it says is unclear. What it means, no one agrees on. But some believe it holds the key to the future of the Territory.

Civil unrest explodes into civil war as Northern and Southern Cardano splinter over ideology. Faith, power, and identity collide in a conflict that pits Cardano against Cardano, and threatens to unravel everything their ancestors built.

In the aftermath of war, peace comes at a cost. Surveillance, silence, and curated memory become tools of government. History is rewritten. The Cardano name becomes sacred—untouchable.

A powerful expedition from the Gulf arrives. Their culture is advanced. Their purpose unclear. What begins as diplomacy quickly descends into warfare. The marshes burn, and the dream of unity shatters.

The Territory stands on the edge of reinvention or destruction. A final choice looms: to remain in control of the past… or to risk everything on a new vision of the future. The Cardano family is divided once more by something even older than blood.

The final heir discovers the full truth.

The Surge.
The Notebook.
The Territory.
The world.

Everything they thought they knew… was only the beginning.

The New Cardano series is a generational epic.
A story of survival, power, and inheritance.
A myth built on radiation, memory, and belief.

The truth will come.
But only at the end.