John Butterworth

Four men appear out of nowhere to assume positions of power and influence in America. Unbeknownst to the people, their role is to create misery and death as they are the physical embodiment of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Floods, famine and disease are sweeping the world. Hurricanes, tornadoes and non-stop rain torment the United States while Africa is in a massive drought. Livestock deaths are at unsustainable levels in China and a new virus...

In a near future, an alien race has hit the Earth in an unbeatable assault. Major William Cage has never seen a day of combat, but is dropped into a suicide mission and killed within minutes. Cage now finds himself thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same day over and over, fighting and dying each time. With each life, Cage learns more fighting skills, so that when he and warrior Rita Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, they are...