Seven Cows: Pandemic, Resilience and Hope in Bloomington, MN

Eaton Rapids Joe called his book a "cozy zombie apocalypse soap opera" and it's hard to find other tags that describe it better....except, maybe, a superbly well-told tale of what happens in a small town after pandemic tears the world apart. This timely novel, written two years before the current issues began, centers on the people of "Kate's Store" community, both good and bad, and how they respond to the outside troubles. Quarantine, justified fears of outsiders, defensive actions, alternative energy sources, and the whole gamut of human responses to this thing that is completely outside of their control....or experience. Will the community rise to meet these horrors? Will they be able to keep out the hordes of starving people leaving the cities? How will they manage as the world-wide financial system collapses? A colorful page-turner, with twists and sage advice for today's world. -----Eaton Rapids Joe was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1959. He graduated from Michigan State University with an engineering degree in 1981. Three decades of experience in the automotive industry with areas of expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing. Special interest in improving quality and increasing throughput with minimal capital investment. In his retirement Eaton Rapids Joe blogs, gardens, cares for aging parents and offends people.