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Jerry Ahern
BornJerome Morrell Ahern
1946
DiedJuly 24, 2012 age 66
OccupationNovelist, columnist
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksThe Survivalist

Jerry Ahern (born Jerome Morrell Ahern; 1946 – July 24, 2012) was a science fiction and action novel author best known for his post apocalyptic survivalist series The Survivalist. The books in this series are heavy with descriptions of the weapons the protagonists use to survive and prosecute a seemingly never-ending war amongst the remnants of the superpowers from pre-apocalypse times. The series centers around the attempts of Dr. John Thomas Rourke, an ex-CIA agent, to preserve his family. In the first book, a nuclear war begins while Rourke is returning from a business trip. After surviving the crash of an airliner in the Southwest United States, Rourke fights his way across the chaotic horror of the post-war United States to his hidden subterranean survival retreat in Georgia, where he eventually reunites with his family. Survivalist #10 begins a new phase - it takes place after Earth's atmosphere has been destroyed and Rourke and his family have been in cryogenic sleep for 500 years.

Ahern was also a firearms writer, who has published numerous articles in magazines such as Guns & Ammo, Handguns and Gun World. As of May 2010, he was a contributor to the monthly "Field Issue" column to the latter publication. One of his recognized areas of expertise was holsters and leather gear for firearms, and he has produced a line of holsters. Ahern's non-fiction works include the book CCW: Carrying Concealed Weapons: How to Carry Concealed Weapons and Know When Others Are, (1996) Blacksmith Press, ISBN 978-0-941540-24-7. In his latter years, Ahern had become a non-fiction writer for Michael Bane's [1] web site.

Ahern was the president of Detonics USA from 2004 to 2007, when it was based in Pendergrass, Georgia.[2]

Some of his fiction books are collaborations with his wife Sharon Ahern. He has also released books under the name Axel Kilgore.[3]

His final published novel, with a semi-autobiographical character, was about a novelist and his family being transported through time, to the 19th Century. It was titled Written in Time. It was co-authored with his wife, Sharon Ahern.

Ahern died of cancer on July 24, 2012.[4]

Bibliography

The Survivalist

  1. Total War (1981)
  2. The Nightmare Begins (1981)
  3. The Quest (1981)
  4. The Doomsayer (1981)
  5. The Web (1983)
  6. The Savage Horde (1983)
  7. The Prophet (1984)
  8. The End Is Coming (1984)
  9. Earth Fire (1984)
  10. The Awakening (1984)
  11. The Reprisal (1985)
  12. The Rebellion (1985)
  13. Pursuit (1986)
  14. The Terror (1986)
  15. Overlord (1987)
  16. The Arsenal (1987)
  17. The Ordeal (1988)
  18. The Struggle (1989)
  19. Final Rain (1989)
  20. Firestorm (1989)
  21. To End All War (1990)
  22. Brutal Conquest (1991)
  23. Call To Battle (1992)
  24. Blood Assassins (1992)
  25. War Mountain (1993)
  26. Countdown (1993)
  27. Death Watch (1993)
  • Mid-Wake (1988)
  • The Legend (1990)

Takers

  • The Takers (1984) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • River of Gold (1985)
  • Summon the Demon (2001) (with Sharon Ahern)

Defender

  1. The Battle Begins (1988)
  2. The Killing Wedge (1988)
  3. Out of Control (1988)
  4. Decision Time (1988)
  5. Entrapment (1989)
  6. Escape (1989)
  7. Vengeance (1989)
  8. Justice Denied (1989)
  9. Deathgrip (1989)
  10. The Good Fight (1990)
  11. The Challenge (1990)
  12. No Survivors (1990)

Surgical Strike

  1. Surgical Strike (1988)
  2. Assault on the Empress (1988)
  3. Infiltrator (1990)

Other Novels

  • The Confederate (1983)
  • The Freeman (1986) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • Miamigrad (1987) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • Yakusa Tattoo (1988) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • Brandywine (1989)
  • WerewolveSS (1990) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • The Kamikaze Legacy (1990) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • The Golden Shield of the IBF (1999) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • The Illegal Man (2003) (with Sharon Ahern)
  • Written in Time (2010) (with Sharon Ahern)

Track

  1. The Ninety-Nine (1984)
  2. Atrocity (1984)
  3. The Hard Way (1984)
  4. Armageddon Conspiracy (1984)
  5. Origin of a Vendetta (1985)
  6. Certain Blood (1985)
  7. Master of D.E.A.T.H. (1985)
  8. Revenge of the Master (1985)
  9. The D.E.A.T.H. Hunters (1985)
  10. Cocaine Run (1985)

as Axel Kilgore[3]

  • Fourth Reich Death Squad (1980)
  • The Killer Genesis (1980)
  • The Slaughter Run (1980)
  • Canadian Killing Ground (1981)
  • Slave of the Warmonger (1981)
  • The Opium Hunter (1981)
  • Vengeance Army (1981)
  • Assassin's Express (1982)
  • Bush Warfare (1982)
  • Death Lust! (1982)
  • Headshot! (1982)
  • The Terror Contract (1982)
  • China Bloodhunt (1983)
  • Naked Blade, Naked Gun (1983)
  • The Afghanistan Penetration (1983)
  • The Siberian Alternative (1983)
  • Buckingham Blowout (1984)
  • Eye for Eye (1984)

Non fiction

  • CCW: Carrying Concealed Weapons: How to Carry Concealed Weapons and Know When Others Are (1996)
  • Survive!: The Disaster, Crisis and Emergency Handbook (2010)

Short stories

  • Roll Call (1993) (with Sharon Ahern) - published in the Anthology Confederacy of the Dead
  • ...For I Have Sinned (1995) (with Samantha Ahern and Sharon Ahern) - published in the Anthology More Phobias

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Downrange.TV
  2. ^ Detonics
  3. ^ a b Axel Kilgore - Title Search - ISFDB
  4. ^ "Jerry Ahern, 66". Obituaries. AccessNorthGa.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
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