title: The Warlord of Willow Ridge
author:  Gary Phillips 
description: Willow Ridge was once a gated community, but after the housing crash, its become an enclave of abandoned homes interspersed with overextended home owners trying to survive. Many of the abandoned homes are occupied by squatters, and one of the illegal residents is Connie OConnor, a lifetime criminal who arrives with a motorcycle, a gun, and more debts than money. He does a little home repair to his new digs and ingratiates himself with his new neighbors. He also notices two of the unofficially occupied homes are base camps for gang drug operations. There may be an opportunity for a rip-off here, he thinks, but theres no rush. His bad-boy persona is a magnet for the ladies of Willow Ridge, so he has plenty to do for the moment. But violence erupts, and OConnor, right in the middle of it, is forced to make some choices that will affect his adopted community. Phillips is a veteran crime novelist who creates a plausible postapocalyptic scenario in which the safety of middle-class America can dissolve in a moment. Exciting, violent, and entertaining. --Wes Lukowsky
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  # BRODIE
  
  
  ### WILD KNIGHT’S RIDGE MOUNTAIN MEN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## LANA DASH
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html#4OIQ0-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.html#5N3C0-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.html#6LJU0-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.html#7K4G0-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.html#8IL20-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epilogue](part0010.html#9H5K0-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](part0011.html#AFM60-b61737028f82474fbb2a3562e71d4a3b)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  BRODIE is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events,
  and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used