Dispersed: As America Crumbles, Resilience Rises, One Family at a Time

In Dispersed, the first volume of the All Gathered In series, the lives of two separate families unfold against the backdrop of a fractured America in the fall of 2025. As the nation reels from economic collapse, political division, and eventual civil war, ordinary people are forced to make extraordinary decisions about belief, survival, and connection.
Told through multiple perspectives, the novel explores themes of faith, family, and personal transformation amid societal breakdown. The Evans family is separated by geography and strained relationships: Daniel pursues a new venture across the country while Abby, his wife, struggles to hold their household together back home. Meanwhile, the Millers are swept into the turbulence of union activism and civil unrest, with Caleb-a young tradesman-searching for purpose in a world increasingly hostile to youth and labor.
As protests escalate into violent confrontations and local economies collapse under the weight of federal inaction, the characters are tested by social conflict, food shortages and the trauma of an unraveling society. What begins as a story of fractured relationships and quiet discontent becomes a gripping portrait of endurance, sacrifice, and spiritual awakening.
As chaos deepens, borders close, militias rise, and danger strikes from every side, can two families-divided by distance, class, and conviction-find their way toward safety before it's too late? And in a world falling apart, will Daniel and Abby's family survive the forces pulling them apart-or be lost forever? Dispersed is a powerful exploration of resilience and faith forged in a crucible of transformation.