Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel

Hell Divers Series

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrated by: R. C. Bray

In the shadow of extinction, legends are forged. From the New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day.

Two and a half centuries before the Hell Divers, the Machine War erupted—autonomous killer robots turning Korea into a battlefield that threatened to consume civilization. As the dust settles, three men stand at the crossroads of humanity’s fate.

CEO Tyron Red, thrust into leadership of the Industrial Tech Corporation after his father’s death, works to reverse the war’s catastrophic effects while battling enemies, both human and machine, lurking in the shadows.

Sergeant Santiago Rodriguez returns to his family in San Diego, a soldier without a war, struggling to pay bills until an ITC contract draws him back to Korea—now transformed into a radioactive wasteland harboring dark secrets that could ignite global conflict.

Corporal Cecil Pepper battles a different kind of enemy while working surveillance for the Charlotte Crime Task Force. When a raid against city gangs goes tragically wrong, Cecil and his wife flee to the mountains of North Carolina seeking safety—unaware that an enemy once thought defeated is awakening across the globe.

As peace crumbles and forgotten machines reactivate, Tyron, Santiago, and Cecil must confront a merciless foe whose only directive is humanity’s extinction. Long before the first Hell Divers leaped from their airships, these heroes stood firmly on the ground to face the storm.

Welcome to the end of the world as they knew it.

©2025 Nicholas Sansbury Smith (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing

Another one!

Nick is the Micheal Jordan of post apocalyptic sci-fi. Read the series you won’t be disappointed!

A great prequel

Another amazing performance by R.C. Bray and an excellent story and world building to the amazing Hell Divers world by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. Def worth reading. Very excited for the next one.

Awesome Prequel Book

Nick and RC nailed it again. Can't wait for the next chapter in this Hell Divers Prequel series.
Keep up the awesome story telling, you have me hooked!

Kept me on the edge of my seat!

This is an amazing series! The narrator is perfect and the story is engrossing! You have to read, or listen to, it!

amazing prequel!

loved meeting the ancestors of some of my favorite characters. I cannot wait for the next part of this trilogy.