Race the Chaos
World Gone Dark #3
by January Bain
Published: August 25, 2026
Publisher: Rough Edges Press
Genre: Disaster Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Survival Thriller, Dystopian, Fiction, Science Fiction
Blurb:
The
apocalypse didn’t just take the lights. Now it’s hunting
them.
The
heat is relentless, water is running out, and something is moving
through the dark hollows of Kentucky that has no interest in mercy.
When escaped tigers stalk the forests and the Rebel Sons MC strips
the town pharmacy bare, Burgundy Mackenzie faces an impossible
choice: let her sister Poppy die, or go to the one man she can’t
afford to owe again.
Frost Hellebuyck has always kept the
club’s violence at arm’s length. But agreeing to help Burgundy
pulls him into the MC’s brutal hierarchy deeper than he ever
planned to go…and deeper than he can easily walk back from. Far
from home, Auburn survives a savage betrayal on the lawless roads and
finds an unexpected ally who may change everything, and Cormac,
finally free of his murderous traveling companions, presses toward
home through fire and ruin, making choices that would break a lesser
man.
Then the ham radio crackles with something worse than
any storm: Mycosis-A, a deadly ancient plague unleashed from the
melting Greenland ice, is spreading. The collapse was just the
opening act. In a world gone dark, the most lethal enemy yet is
invisible…and there is no race fast enough to outrun it.
Race
the Chaos is Book 3 of the World
Gone Dark series.
Grab it now—in this world, no one gets to wait.
My Review:
Race the Chaos is the third book in the World Gone Dark series by January Bain. The moment I began reading, I was pulled in just as deeply as I was with the first two books. As the title states, the world is still in a state of utter chaos. Events are escalating out of control, people are stealing whatever they can, and tigers from the local zoo are running loose—just as hungry to eat as the humans are!
The Mackenzie family of Hardin Creek, Kentucky, is still trying to reunite across a heat-scorched, water-depleted country. Burgundy Mackenzie is doing her best to hold her family together, but her little sister, Poppy, is sick and desperately needs insulin. With no other options, Burgundy is forced to turn to Frost Hellebuyck for help. Although Frost has helped her in the past, he is reluctant to get involved this time; he wants nothing to do with the Rebel Sons MC, the ruthless outlaw motorcycle gang that stole all the medicine in town. Getting Poppy's insulin might cost Frost more than he wants to pay, but he will do almost anything to help Burgundy.
Meanwhile, a terrifying new threat emerges over a ham radio broadcast: Mycosis-A. This ancient, prehistoric fungal pathogen is incredibly resilient, difficult to treat, and capable of devastating entire ecosystems. It is now a desperate race against time as the Mackenzie family searches for a safe haven from this invisible, microscopic killer.
Race the Chaos is a fast-paced, intense read that had me hooked from page one. I raced to the end—not wanting the story to finish, but desperate to know how the family would deal with this new nightmare and who would make it out alive. I highly recommend Race the Chaos to all fans of post-apocalyptic stories! Grab your copy today!
