Surge
Book Two: A Cedar Shoals Thriller
By Mike Anthony
Coming October 29th, 2026
About the Book
Before Hurricane Imogen makes landfall, county grants officer Renee Haskett brings Luke Garrison a warning: a debris-removal contract was activated before the storm even had a name, at three times the agreed rate. Luke promises to look at it after the hurricane. Then Renee calls 911 from a flooded causeway—and asks for him by name.
With the back side of the storm closing in, Luke races into the eye to reach her. What he finds turns a rescue call into a missing-person investigation—and makes his promise impossible to put off.
As Merritt County begins digging out, the recovery effort moves fast. Trucks roll, contracts are signed, and federal money starts flowing through a system that already knows how to make its paperwork agree. Luke follows the discrepancies that everyone else seems ready to call storm damage, looking for a woman who tried to tell him the truth before the hurricane hit.
Somebody is using a disaster to cover something worse. In a county desperate to get back on its feet, asking the wrong question can make a police officer part of the wreckage.
A Cedar Shoals thriller about recovery and corruption
Surge follows Betrayal in the Cedar Shoals series. When a grants officer vanishes during Hurricane Imogen, Luke investigates suspicious debris-removal contracts and the federal money funding Merritt County’s recovery. Coming October 29th, 2026. This coastal crime thriller is separate from Mike Anthony’s apocalypse series.
Book at a Glance
- Author
- Mike Anthony
- Category
- Cedar Shoals · Thriller
- Series
- The Cedar Shoals series
- Reading position
- Book undefined of 4
- Release
- Coming October 29th, 2026
Reader Questions
Who is the author of Surge?
Surge is by Mike Anthony, the pen name of Dr. Dondi M. Day.
Where does Surge fit in the reading order?
Surge is Book undefined of The Cedar Shoals series. Read the series in this order: Betrayal, Surge, Signed, Privilege.
When will Surge be available?
Surge: Coming October 29th, 2026. A specific publication date has not been announced.
Are Cedar Shoals and The Bogue Banks Chronicles the same series?
No. Cedar Shoals is the coastal crime-thriller series beginning with Betrayal. The Bogue Banks Chronicles is the coastal apocalypse series beginning with Across Bogue Sound. Both are by Mike Anthony, but they have separate characters and reading orders.