THE FLUXFALL PROTOCOL
The world’s power grid collapsed and took civilization with it. Fifteen years later, from the ashes of Atlantic City rose Hustler — a city that survived the apocalypse by stubbornly ignoring it happened. Jericho Cain didn’t plan to be a hero. He planned to drink himself to death. But the past has other ideas.
Welcome to Hustler
After The Hollowing — the catastrophic event that killed the lights and reshaped civilization — the world rebuilt itself in the only way it knew how: badly. Hustler is what Atlantic City became. Part fortress, part black market, all attitude.
Jericho Cain is sarcastic, self-destructive, and the last person you’d trust to save anything. Cage McQuade is the steady hand that keeps them both alive. Together they’re the kind of team you call when the situation has already gone sideways — which, in Hustler, is every other Tuesday.
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R.A. Lepre
R.A. Lepre is a storyteller drawn to the intersection of technology, human resilience, and the unseen forces that shape our world. With a background in operations and infrastructure, he brings a grounded realism to his fiction — blending high-stakes scenarios with deeply human characters.
The FluxFall Protocol reflects his fascination with what happens when the systems we depend on fail — and the people who are forced to survive what comes next.
Lepre lives in Pennsylvania, where he continues to write, create, and explore new worlds.