If the world fell apart, could you trust a stranger with your life? Colt clawed his way back from the brink of death, but his injuries are the least of his worries. A rogue militia controls the nearby college, with plans to take over the entire town. It's a handful of ordinary people against an organized force. Staying alive won't be easy. When faced with the unthinkable, could you stand your ground? Colt and Dani turn Melody's whole world upside down. Instead of following orders and staying quiet, she's helping strangers and lying to the men in charge. One misstep and she's no longer an innocent civilian; she's a hostage. If Colt and his friends can't rescue her in time, she'll have to summon the strength to save herself. The end of the world brings out the best and worst in all of us. Dani never expected to find friends while running for her life. With the militia closing in, everyone has a part to play. It's a dangerous game of cat and mouse where the stakes are constantly changing. Who will survive and who will pay the ultimate price? The EMP is only the beginning. Chaos Gains is book five in the After the EMP series, a post-apocalyptic thriller series following ordinary people trying to survive after a geomagnetic storm destroys the nation's power grid.