The Returning Shore
Book Four of The Bogue Banks Chronicles
By Mike Anthony
Coming soonThey crossed the water to escape the dying. To live, they'll have to cross back.
About the Book
The island kept them alive. It can't keep them alive forever. The soil is sand, the wells are turning salt, and the next generation is growing up with a fence where their future should be.
The survivors of Bogue Banks face the choice they've been avoiding since the first night on the pier: return to the mainland and take back the farms, the roads and the towns, or watch the island slowly finish what the sickness started. The mainland isn't empty. The people who stayed behind have built their own order, and they haven't forgotten who closed the bridges.
In the final book of the Bogue Banks Chronicles, Evan Mercer leads the crossing he once swore he'd never make. Everything the island learned about water, hunger and trust is about to be tested on solid ground.
Book Four: the return to the mainland
The Returning Shore is the author’s currently planned final Bogue Banks Chronicles volume. The coastal apocalypse series turns from island refuge to mainland survival, testing what Evan Mercer and the survivors have learned about water, hunger, and trust. Begin with Across Bogue Sound and read the preceding volumes in order.
More in The Bogue Banks Chronicles
Book 1
Across Bogue Sound
Book One of The Bogue Banks Chronicles, an apocalyptic series by Mike Anthony. In Across Bogue Sound, an overdue fishing boat draws mechanic and former Coast Guardsman Evan Mercer into the first signs of a spreading illness on North Carolina's Crystal Coast.
Book 2
The Mirador Season
Coming soonThe hurricane is over, but Bogue Banks has only a month of water left. As the Miradors regroup and the Coastal Recovery Authority makes its offers, a weak call from Harkers Island reaches Evan Mercer's community.
Book 3
The Severed Coast
Coming soonFood and medicine are running out on Bogue Banks. Evan Mercer and his daughter, Abigail, must leave the island to discover which coastal communities can be trusted—and what each alliance will cost.
Book at a Glance
- Author
- Mike Anthony
- Category
- Apocalyptic fiction
- Series
- The Bogue Banks Chronicles
- Reading position
- Book 4 of 4
- Release
- Coming soon
Reader Questions
Who is the author of The Returning Shore?
The Returning Shore is by Mike Anthony, the pen name of Dr. Dondi M. Day.
Where does The Returning Shore fit in the reading order?
The Returning Shore is Book 4 of The Bogue Banks Chronicles. Read the series in this order: Across Bogue Sound, The Mirador Season, The Severed Coast, The Returning Shore.
When will The Returning Shore be available?
The Returning Shore: Coming soon. 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.