" I fell silent after that. I didn’t want to talk about such things anymore, at least today. My chest already hurt and I was trying to keep my mind calm. I didn’t want to think of a future so bleak and dark. I had plans for my future and they didn’t involve the world ending or society collapsing. "

― J.M. Northup , A RIPPLE OF FEAR: Book One in The Fears of Dakota Series