The Republic of Cedar Key

Cedar Key has survived twenty-five years without the outside world. Now the outside world wants back in.
The heroes of the early years - Hayes, Thomas, Rolf - are old men now. The island has rebuilt itself from memory and stubbornness. Then a Blackhawk helicopter drops out of the sky carrying soldiers who claim to represent what remains of the United States government. Mayor Luke Buck faces the defining question of his life: submit to a nation that abandoned them, or lead Cedar Key's resistance and stand alone. Part civic reckoning, part survival thriller, part elegy - the finale delivers the payoff readers of Books 1 and 2 have been building toward, while standing on its own as a complete story about identity, independence, and what a community owes itself.