Book 1 of Endurance These are the adventures of Karl Hausman, a 68-year-old retired professor living in New Hampshire when the apocalypse arrives. Together with Terry Williams, a foul-mouthed high school cheerleader, Karl struggles to find people and gather resources with the goal of forming a Safe Zone, a base from which to explore the strange new world Earth has become. A book series set in the universe of the Natural Laws Apocalypse by Tom Larcombe. Endurance: Book 1—Live Free or Die Endurance: Book 2—E Pluribus Unum Endurance: Book 3—Sic Semper Tyrannis (ongoing)