While there’s no prison lurking in the backwoods of Ohioville, Pennsylvania in real life, it made for one heck of a setting in Beyond the Lost. Mystery Mile is a colloquial name for this allegedly haunted-ass stretch of road in Ohioville, Pennsylvania — the first mile of Kelly Road (which connects Ohioville to Industry) or sometimes Wolf Run Road….
There is no greater beta male out there than Goodwin. From the moment Quinn Cozens meets him, it’s clear that Goodwin will enforce anything, even if it’s wrong. Parents: Unknown Children: Unknown Fun Fact: Three people inspired Goodwin’s character Hogwarts House: Slytherin Occupation: Colony drill instructor Birthday: July 13th, 1985 If Martin Richards is the colony alpha, Goodwin’s the ultimate…
Martin Richards may be the most complex character in Beyond the Lost Assault. Is he a small-government conservative or something more notorious? Parents: Unknown Children: At least one unnamed son Fun Fact: Martin was the brains behind the colony Hogwarts House: Slytherin Occupation: Colony leader Birthday: April 20th, 1983 Quinn Cozens met Martin Richards years before Beyond the Lost’s events. Quinn and…
Erika’s colony may be more than the ultimate primitive survival camp. It’s one where the people live in constant vigilance from outsiders. Few saw the terrorist attacks that upended America and the West coming. Even fewer believed a young woman would serve as a small town’s lifesaver. Erika didn’t have much, but she had a…
Erika doesn’t show until Beyond the Lost Assault. But she makes an immediate impact in the book, and her presence becomes a focal point in Book III. Parents: Third Generation Inbred Couple Sibling: One unnamed brother Fun Fact: Erika educated herself Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Occupation: Colony committee member Birthday: Unknown, likely between March and July 2012 Very, very few people…
Ajay is one of the first characters you’ll meet at the Colony. While she’s nothing like Quinn’s sister, Jackie, she’s also his mulligan. Parents: Redacted Sibling: One unnamed brother Fun Fact: Ajay’s nickname comes from a girl I went to high school with Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff (Hatstall with Ravenclaw) Occupation: Medic Birthday: Jul. 4, 2013 Ajay’s real name is Amanda,…
The Colony was the brainchild of a man named Martin Richards. And Beyond the Lost Assault reveals its true purpose. That said, it makes a cameo in Horizon. In Beyond the Lost Horizon, you’ll get a rundown of the Colony. It’s in a secluded area in southeastern Ohio, outside McConnelsville, and as far off the grid as…
If America ever fell victim to a high-magnitude terrorist attack like it did in my Beyond the Lost trilogy, McConnelsville, Ohio would be a safe haven. The biggest challenge for Beyond the Lost Horizon was figuring out where the hell I was gonna put an off-the-grid colony. Several locations came to mind, and I contemplated putting it…
The Cozens Family Lake House walked into my mind when I started writing Beyond the Lost Horizon, only for it to fade into the background. The lake house is way out in the middle of nowhere in Eastern Ohio. Pass through the village Quinn Cozens’ grandparents’ home sits on the edge of, and head southwest….
Beyond the Lost Horizon is a dystopian survival work at its core, but one full of nostalgia and longing. Quinn’s home away from home proves it. Quinn Cozens and Yui Kikuchi needed a place to lay low. They knew terrorists swarmed America, and that they’d start overrunning larger urban areas before moving to smaller cities….
The State Line Trail was a place of solace in Beyond the Lost Horizon. Unfortunately, it also made for a good spot for the terrorists to lay low. In the evening hours on a fateful night in Jul. 2030, a group of armed men gathered at three different entrances to the State Line Trail. Their…
Sky Concert Venue is where life turned into a living hell for Quinn Cozens and Yui Kikuchi. It was Ground Zero for the events about to unfold. It was a concert Quinn Cozens never wanted to attend. And it was a concert Yui Kikuchi never wanted to perform. Neither of them thought it would end…