The Rise Up Trilogy

At their moment of glory, Alex surprises them all and paves the way for the future.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Now the resolution is out of their hands and all they can do is to wait as they draw strength from each other and find ways to move forward with  their personal lives.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Exhausted, they realize they are on their own until they realize there’s still one man who they can trust.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

As they become aware of the depth of the collusion, they get attacked by foreign killers and they only narrowly escape with their lives.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

As Maryam, Alex and Hashim find a secret connection with a foreign power and the speaker of the Senate, their enemies close in.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Maryam mourns the death of her mentor but finds solace in an unexpected place.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

After ravaging Norfolk, Roxanne hits New York with devastating force.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

On the eve of Roxanne hitting the Norfolk Naval Base and mounting pressure in the Persian Gulf, the Joint Chief of Staff declares DEFCON 3, as Maryam, Hashim and Alex gather at Maryam’s apartment to face the onslaught of the hurricane.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Both boys struggle with inopportune feelings as the US Armed Forces get ready for the hurricane.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

As Hurricane Roxanne barrels up along the East Coast, Maryam, Hashim and Alex present their plan to tax carbon emissions and animal food products to the President’s advisory board.   Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Alex teases Hashim about his crush on Ahmed, and Maryam gets invited by Saisha Patel to meet her family.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

They continue their investigation by visiting a mining site in the Appalachian Mountains and Norfolk Naval station, the reception ranging from openly hostile to covertly dismissive.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

As a powerful tropical storm is brewing in the Eastern Caribbean, Maryam, Alex and Hashim get a cold shoulder from the top climate scientists in Berkley in their pursuit to come up with a plan to fight climate change while a devastating forest fire spreads on nearby hills.   Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Their plan works and they are vindicated. Drastic measures are taken by the government to stop bird flu from spreading, and the three of them are invited to take part in a Presidential Advisory committee to fight climate change.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

In hot pursuit by their enemies, they put their plan in motion that culminates in front of the Merry Farm headquarters in Chicago.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

They only narrowly escape by boat the hitmen sent by Merry Farm across the Lake Michigan as the bird flu spreads undetected in a small town in Ohio.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

After the secrets are revealed, they regroup stronger than ever and come up with an action plan.  But then they hear loud noise outside.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

There’s a dark secret in Hashim’s past that threatens to capture the public narrative of the break in, and drives the unity of Maryam, Hashim and Alex into a breaking point.   Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Alex is named as one of the perpetrators in the media, and Hashim is getting death threats for his coming-out video.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

They arrive at a lake house owned by Maryam’s uncle by Lake Michigan, while the enemy closes in.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

As the net tightens around Alex, the three of them decide to go hiding.   Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Alex becomes a fugitive of law as the break in is labeled as a bioterrorist act in the mainstream media. Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Hashim bravely decides to come out on social media while the bird flu spreads among the unsuspecting farm workers.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

With Hashim’s help, Alex realizes that what he saw in the egg farm was an outbreak of bird flu but now Chloe has disappeared.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info. 

Alex and Chloe break into the egg farm during the night and barely escape with their lives.  Please go to henrikwilenius.com for more info.