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About C.A. Rudolph
C.A. Rudolph is a self-published author who lives and writes within the pastoral confines of the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where he spends most of his limited spare time engaged in outdoor activities such as hiking and backpacking, camping, fishing, and shooting.
His first book, What’s Left of My World, was published in December 2016 and became an Amazon post-apocalyptic and dystopian bestseller.
For more information and to sign up for the Preferred Readers email list, please visit him on the web at www.carudolph.com or via social media on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
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Blog postYes, you read that correctly. By use of some early morning ramblings, I'm going to attempt to explain just exactly what the hell I've been up to--other than writing. I made a voice recording this morning on my way to work that I've posted here (and elsewhere) completely unedited. It's raw and off the cuff, so please bear with.
In a nutshell, 2021 has been a hell of a year for the Rudolph family and household. I hope you'll take the time to hear me out and understand why I chose to pri5 months ago Read more -
Blog postthe long-awaited seventh installment of my What's Left of My World series is here!
Kindle link: https://amzn.to/2RTMXS2
Paperback link: https://amzn.to/3kF1ldk
Audiobook production has been completed and approved. I expect Audible to push it to retail in the next week or so.
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Blog postfiction isn't always fiction Has it really been seven months since I've written a post? Yes it has. And a lot has happened in that allotment of time. Cultures, including ours, rising up all over the world against their governments, a pandemic, school closings, stay-at-home orders, lockdowns, an economic crisis, social distancing, church closings, mask mandates, etc etc... all during an election year. Three months until November, and still no Democrat running mate announced, no debates, no no2 years ago Read more
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Blog postYes, I'm going. And if you live in Virginia and are concerned with the threats our new power-drunk lawmakers are making, so should you. Yes, I know it'll be a circus. But it will be a historic one. It stands to become more of an open, very vocal, very well-armed 2A protest than the annual lobbying event it typically is, but that's to be expected. It's no secret that our rights have been threatened since the day they were proclaimed in the Constitution, but the enemy has never before been this2 years ago Read more
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Blog postHappy 2020. I hope the holidays were nothing short of spectacular for all of you.
I know it’s been a while since I’ve connected and I apologize for my lack of interaction, but the time allotted to do this sort of thing these days for me has been limited. It started that way near the beginning of last year and has remained such even to this point, and I do not see that changing in the near future.
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Blog postBook 6 of my What's Left of My World series has arrived, along with some discounts for every other book in the series. The Kindle is live today. Paperback files should be uploaded by day's end, and with any luck it'll be available for purchase for the weekend. Audiobook is in production and should be out in a couple weeks.
Thanks so much for your patience, and enjoy the story.
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Blog postLoyal readers and fans, INDIVISIBLE is coming. It should've been here already, but life has been incredibly busy for me. I'm not only running behind on writing, I'm running behind on everything. I feel accomplished in what I've gotten done, and looking back over the past twelve months, I've published four books: Divided We Stand in July 2018 Until Nothing Remains (Gun Play 1) in October 2018 Worlds Apart in December 2018 and Everything I Die For (Gun Play 2) in April 2019 Compared to m
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Blog postComing April 19th (Good Friday) on Kindle and Paperback:
Audiobook will of course follow a week or two after.
Here's the blurb:
Nihayat al’ayam (the end of days) has begun.
Wedded contract killers Quinn and Natalia Barrett fear their intended final operation may have served as the trigger, and now find themselves on the run from a past neither can escape.
Adam Young’s worst fears have seemingly become genuine. His country has fallen under attack. His s3 years ago Read more -
Blog postKindle: https://amzn.to/2Cq6xyq Paperback: https://amzn.to/2Lw4cFi
Audiobook is coming SOON. It is currently in Audible's review queue.
The rest of the series is discounted until Christmas Eve. Get it while the getting's good!
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Author confession.
Perhaps the biggest question lingering on any reader’s mind while immersed in a book and especially after finishing one, is what does this author intend to do next? If it's a series, will it continue from here or end? If it continues, will it move forward along the same timeline? Will the characters that I’ve grown to love4 years ago Read more -
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Blog posthttps://vimeo.com/296988874 Until Nothing Remains: Volume 1 of my thrilling new Gun Play Series Now Available in ALL formats. Free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. http://bit.ly/Until_Nothing_Remains <= New to Audible? Click here. amzn.to/2JbD0KN
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Blog postUntil Nothing Remains, the first installment in my new Gun Play Series is now available on both Kindle and Paperback. Audio should be ready to go in a week or so.
Thank you all for reading, please make sure to leave a review.
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Blog postI present to you, Until Nothing Remains: a hybrid post-apocalyptic espionage adventure. And I have had an absolute blast writing it. Expected text version release date is October 6th, 2018 with an audiobook version to follow closely thereafter. See the blurb below.
The United States has experienced its share of turmoil over the years. Although not particularly war-torn or stricken with genocide and violent crime as other nations, over time, gun violence and terror attacks have become4 years ago Read more -
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Blog postI know I'm running late on this one. I didn't post the cover reveal (here it is, by the way) and I didn' t post the pre-order when I should've. So, here's both. :)
Kindle Pre-order for Book 4 is now up for grabs. Click here: https://amzn.to/2rgPkS4
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The decision to splinter backfires.
When Lauren and the others leave the safety of the valley in search of supplies and aid, they’re trapped, captured, and tortured. Escape seems impossible…if they’4 years ago Read more -
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Blog postI've been asked about this a few times recently, so here's a quick post concerning Audible's 30-day Trial Membership and the free Audiobook that comes along with it.
How does it work? (Click any one of the cover images to see - unless you're already an Audible member...the link only works if you're not logged in)
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Blog postYou heard me right. The much-anticipated audiobook for We Won't Go Quietly is LIVE. Well, almost anyway...iTunes might be a little behind. But it's coming.
Grab yours now on Amazon or Audible. Enjoy the listen. I know I did.
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Blog postFor many folks living the preparedness lifestyle, prepping came first, and an interest in emergency communications came later on down the road; perhaps after perfecting their prepper pantries, building their bug-out bags, creating the best long-term food storage plan, or purchasing a million rounds of ammunition for each caliber of weapon they own.
Now, there's nothing wrong with any of those things or deciding upon any particular route, and there's no perfect strategy, either - no ul4 years ago Read more -
Blog postBook 3 of the What's Left of My World Series
Is LIVE on Amazon. Here's the links:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/2C1A9R7
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Audiobook is coming very, very soon. So, sit tight and prepare yourself for the ride.
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From the back cover:
Lauren Russell often wondered why her father had been so adamant about teaching her skills that most other fathers wouldn’t even consider teaching their daughters. Ever since she was little, she had been taught how to live and survive outdoors, and how to use firearms to protect herself and those around her. Some of the training had been a bit extreme. Or had it been?
Many of her questions were answered the day the world as she knew it ended. Now, the skills she had been taught serve an essential purpose. They keep her and those she cares about alive.
Even in the sparsely-populated mountains of West Virginia, where she and her family have been forced to relocate for their safety after the collapse, peril lurks around every corner. Normal life has taken on a whole new meaning for Lauren, her family, and the community they have become a part of. In this different world, the new status quo is self-preservation. There is no more middle ground. People either live, or they die.
Lauren’s father didn’t make it home on the day the world changed forever, and she misses him more than anything. Now, in What’s Left of My World, she and her family must learn to endure life’s horrors—without him.
“…I want so much to blame you for this. You got me involved and started me on a path. You educated me and taught me how to think. You showed me how to look at everything and everyone differently, taught me skills and had others teach me. You readied me to make war with hell, Dad…and then…you never came home. This person I’ve become…you created her; everything suppressed and lying dormant was awakened by what you did…”
-Lauren Russell (from INDIVISIBLE, Book 6 of the What’s Left of My World Series)
A world subjugated by tyranny.
A society unraveled.
A nation in shambles.
A population decimated.
A future boundlessly uncertain.
A community of families on the verge of extinction.
The Russell family is finally reunited and the citizens of Trout Run Valley are blessed with a period of repose, but the interlude does not last. Measures of aggression resume against them yet again, only this time, escalate to an unprecedented degree of ruthlessness, forcing the surviving victims to their breaking points.
Lauren Russell has fearlessly fought for her community, for her family and friends, for herself and for the rights of those foreign to her. Now, she finds herself battling insurmountable odds once again for everything she has left—for what’s left of her world.
How far will Lauren go to put an end to the oppression that has so relentlessly plagued her existence?
Will she right all the wrongs on her own?
Is she prepared to go to war?
Alan Russell thought about his family night and day. They didn’t just mean the world to him, they were his world. As a devoted husband and father, his sole purpose was to love, support, and protect them. Yet Alan had gone a step further, doing everything in his power to ensure his family’s survival in what he believed would become a perilous and uncertain future.
On the day civilization changed forever, he found his efforts hadn’t been enough.
In the first four volumes of the What’s Left of My World series, we follow Lauren Russell’s soul stirring plight as she and her loved ones endure life in a perilous post-apocalyptic landscape. Battles are fought, hard lessons are learned, and not everyone makes it out alive. Some questions are answered, but not an important one:
What happened to Lauren’s father?
Alan Russell had not been seen since the day that had left the world forever distorted. Tragically separated from his family on that terrible day, he was worlds apart from them.
Will he ever make it home?
“I’ve always thought you and I were indivisible, L. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you if I had the means. If some opposing force tried to keep us apart, I’d stop at nothing to find you and get back to you. I mean that.”
-Alan Russell (from Divided We Stand, Book 4 of the What’s Left of My World Series)
INDIVISIBLE
Lauren Russell is a daughter fighting tenaciously for everything in which she believes, on an endless search for answers, for herself and the world that was taken from her…
Alan Russell, a husband and father tragically disconnected from everything he’s ever known, is in heartrending pursuit of his family and a life that left him behind.
Alan once told Lauren that he believed they were indivisible, for they possessed a bond between them that was beyond compare.
An apocalyptic event that severed him from his family had proven him wrong. Left with no memory of them, returning to them is only half the battle.
In this blockbuster sixth installment of C.A. Rudolph’s captivating What’s Left of My World series, Alan and Lauren both find themselves miles away from home and even farther from each other.
Can two immovable objects be drawn together by an unstoppable force?
What will it take to finally reunite them?
This We Will Defend is the long-awaited follow-up to indie post-apocalyptic / dystopian fiction author C.A.Rudolph's best-selling debut novel What's Left of My World.
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks." - Samuel Adams
From the back cover:
For a brief period after the world changed forever, the self-reliant community of Trout Run Valley managed to avoid conflict. They practiced subsistence and found safety and security within their numbers. As the post-apocalyptic timeline moved forward, it began to spiral downward. Takers had made their presence known and their malevolent intentions clear, transforming the once benign community into a violent battleground.
In What’s Left of My World, a precarious surprise attack had left the community in a state of repair and reevaluation. Even now as the community rebuilds and continues their livelihood, a new, more sinister enemy is lying in wait—and it poses a threat more dangerous than anything the community has encountered before.
A fight is coming to Trout Run Valley, and every person living there knows it. Previous encounters with their new enemy had foretold the tale. Before the collapse, Lauren Russell had learned many skills necessary to fight and to survive. Her father had made certain that she’d been trained to be a warrior. In THIS WE WILL DEFEND, in order to preserve her way of life, along with the lives of everyone she knows and loves, she will have to become one.
We Won't Go Quietly is the third installment of a captivating post-apocalyptic story of a family's survival.
From the back cover:
Lauren Russell, her family, and the community of Trout Run Valley have been blessed with a workable blueprint for overcoming nearly insurmountable odds—odds that have surmounted against them and others like them, since the blackout, subsequent decline of society, and the world’s devolution.
The aftermath of the most recent onslaught; a ruthless attack by a menacing enemy, has left them reeling in its wake, leaving a once-sustainable food supply damaged beyond repair and two of their own senselessly murdered. Rebuilding will require time—time they no longer have—following the discovery of yet another tribulation in this unending apocalypse.
When various species of wildlife that the community has depended on for life-giving food begin to abruptly die off and several residents become afflicted with an unidentified illness, it soon becomes evident that another adversary, one that former DHS Agent Christian had forewarned of in earnest, has not yet written them off.
A decision is made in desperation. Several inhabitants must leave the safety and security of the valley that once provided them with so much plenty and venture out into the precarious unknown that lays beyond its borders, in search of medical assistance and to acquire provisions or otherwise, become victims of the atrocious actions enacted by constituents of the former federal government.
Meanwhile, Lauren’s grandmother, Faith Gallo, has been amassing her own form of defiance inside the FEMA camp she and hundreds of others have unwillingly been confined to. However, her actions have not gone unnoticed. Threats are made and an ultimatum is given, yet Faith stands her ground, refusing to submit. An unwavering response to her oppressors draws a line firmly into the sand and indicates a promise that a revolution beckons, even in event of her death:
WE WON’T GO QUIETLYThe decision to splinter backfires.
When Lauren and the others leave the safety of the valley in search of supplies and aid, they’re trapped, captured, and tortured. Escape seems impossible…if they’re to survive, it will only be by rescue, and not without blood on their hands and tears in their eyes.
Could you watch one of your own be beaten?
The group’s captors are coldblooded and ruthless, and they senselessly brutalize without pity. Despite Lauren’s bravery in the face of insuperable odds, she finds herself heartbroken. Can she still find the will to keep fighting?
A friend from the past shows his face.
After seeing him, Lauren knows what’s about to happen, and her captors are about to find out, as well. Payback awaits on the horizon.
They stood together. Can they do the same while divided?
Until now, the community had lived and fought valiantly shoulder to shoulder, in peace amongst themselves.
But now, in Divided We Stand, new alliances have developed, confidants from years past have resurfaced, and new leaders emerge. With so many absent, and others now stricken with illness, a dangerous vacuum has materialized. Unless they can pull themselves back together, the valley will be more vulnerable and susceptible to attack than ever before.
Can citizen defenders of a country in ruin learn to stand on their own again? Find out in the fourth book of this post-apocalyptic thriller packed with action & adventure.
from the author of the best-selling What's Left of My World series...
Until Nothing Remains
The United States has experienced its share of turmoil over the years.
Although not particularly war-torn or stricken with genocide and violent crime as other nations, over time, gun violence and terror attacks have become commonplace on American soil.
Never before has the United States been subjected to widespread, coordinated terrorist attacks, devastating enough to bring the entire nation to its knees. Until now.
In this first volume of his Gun Play series, post-apocalyptic author C.A. Rudolph will engage you with the tale of two families from wholly diverse walks of life: a husband and wife immersed in a clandestine existence of murder-for-hire, espionage, and intrigue, and a mainstream middle-class family of six.
Each will find themselves affected by an onslaught of terror attacks the likes of which the world has never seen. Each must learn to survive…or succumb.
A silent enemy lurks among them, and no one knows when they plan to strike. When they do, it will only be a matter of time Until Nothing Remains.
Nihayat al’ayam (the end of days) has begun.
Wedded contract killers Quinn and Natalia Barrett fear their intended final operation may have served as the trigger, and now find themselves on the run from a past neither can escape.
Adam Young’s worst fears have seemingly become genuine. His country has fallen under attack. His son has once again gone off the radar and while preparing his family for the worst Adam believes is approaching, he struggles to untangle the various kinks existent in his multidimensional household.
In this fast-paced roller-coaster follow-up to C.A. Rudolph’s thrilling Until Nothing Remains, these two families’ universes are predestined to collide. Will they find common ground? Or will the confrontation result in disaster?
Book 1: What's Left of My World
Lauren Russell often wondered why her father had been so adamant about teaching her skills that most other fathers wouldn’t even consider teaching their daughters. Ever since she was little, she had been taught how to live and survive outdoors, and how to use firearms to protect herself and those around her. Some of the training had been a bit extreme. Or had it been?
Many of her questions were answered the day the world as she knew it ended. Now, the skills she had been taught serve an essential purpose. They keep her and those she cares about alive.
Even in the sparsely-populated mountains of West Virginia, where she and her family have been forced to relocate for their safety after the collapse, peril lurks around every corner. Normal life has taken on a whole new meaning for Lauren, her family, and the community they have become a part of. In this different world, the new status quo is self-preservation. There is no more middle ground. People either live, or they die.
Lauren’s father didn’t make it home on the day the world changed forever, and she misses him more than anything. Now, in What’s Left of My World, she and her family must learn to endure life’s horrors—without him.
Book 2: This We Will Defend
In What’s Left of My World, a precarious surprise attack had left the community in a state of repair and reevaluation. Even now as the community rebuilds and continues their livelihood, a new, more sinister enemy is lying in wait—and it poses a threat more dangerous than anything the community has encountered before.
A fight is coming to Trout Run Valley, and every person living there knows it. Previous encounters with their new enemy had foretold the tale. Before the collapse, Lauren Russell had learned many skills necessary to fight and to survive. Her father had made certain that she’d been trained to be a warrior. In THIS WE WILL DEFEND, in order to preserve her way of life, along with the lives of everyone she knows and loves, she will have to become one.
Book 3: We Won't Go Quietly
The aftermath of the most recent onslaught; a ruthless attack by a menacing enemy, had left them reeling in its wake, leaving a once-sustainable food supply damaged beyond repair and two of their own senselessly murdered. Rebuilding would require time—time they no longer had—following the discovery of yet another tribulation in this unending apocalypse.
When various species of wildlife the community had depended on for live-giving food begin to abruptly die off, and several residents become afflicted with an unidentified illness, it soon becomes evident that another adversary, one that former DHS Agent Christian had forewarned of in earnest, had not yet written them off.
A decision is made in desperation. Several inhabitants must leave the safety and. Several inhabitants must leave the safety and security of the valley that had once provided them with so much plenty and venture out into the precarious unknown that lay beyond its borders, in search of medical assistance and to acquire provisions, or otherwise become victims of the atrocious actions enacted by constituents of the former federal government.