About North River Publications

North River Publications is an independent publisher focused on near-future political thriller novels that feel uncomfortably close to the world you see in the news. Based in the United States and built for readers who want substance as well as suspense, North River Publications exists to tell stories about power, institutions, and the people caught between them.

North River Publications grew out of a simple idea: if real events already read like a political thriller, then the fiction should be honest about how quickly things can break. The goal is not escapism. It is to give readers a clear, compelling look at what happens when systems bend, rules are rewritten, and ordinary people are forced to choose a side.

Our Mission at North River Publications

The mission is straightforward. North River Publications publishes political stories that are grounded in research, driven by character, and serious about consequences.

We focus on:

• Near-future settings that feel like tomorrow, not a distant fantasy.

• Political thriller novels where institutions matter as much as individuals.

• Plots that follow real incentives: money, power, law, and public pressure.

• Writing that respects the reader’s intelligence and time.

If you are tired of shallow “ripped from the headlines” stories, North River Publications aims to give you something different: fiction that has done its homework.

What North River Publications Publishes

The flagship project of North River Publications is The Fall of America trilogy, a set of near-future political thriller novels that follow a fractured United States as democracy strains under pressure. Book 1, The Unmaking of America, tracks voter suppression, media capture, and institutional breakdown through the eyes of veterans, journalists, organizers, and officials who are trying to hold the line.

Around the books, the world of the series continues to evolve. Vera2 News, a companion project, looks at real-world headlines and highlights the same fault lines that drive the fiction: elections, courts, policing, money, and information. When current events echo the series, Vera2 News points out the parallels and then lets the reporting stand on its own.

Together, the novels, Vera2 News, and future projects from North River Publications are designed to give readers both the emotional arc of a political thriller and the context to see where those ideas come from.

Who Is J.T. Mercer?

J.T. Mercer is the pen name behind The Fall of America trilogy and the first author published by North River Publications. Writing under a pen name keeps the focus on the work, not on the author’s résumé or social media footprint.

J.T. Mercer’s background includes decades spent around technology, systems, and organizations that do not always behave the way they claim to on paper. That experience shapes how the political thriller novels are built: attention to process, attention to incentives, and attention to the people who get left out of official narratives.

Through North River Publications, J.T. Mercer writes for readers who want that level of detail without getting lost in jargon.

Why Use a Pen Name?

Using a pen name is not a marketing gimmick. It is a way to separate personal and professional lives in a world where those lines are increasingly blurred. It keeps privacy intact for the author and their family while giving readers a clear, consistent identity to follow.

For North River Publications, the pen name is also a design choice. It signals that the work should be judged on its own terms: is the story believable, is the tension earned, and does the book say something honest about how power works?

Fiction and Reality, Side by Side

The line between fiction and reality is thin in this genre, and North River Publications does not pretend otherwise. The political thriller novels in The Fall of America are fiction, but the machinery behind them is drawn from real laws, real court cases, and real political fights.

The stories published by North River Publications are grounded in real data and real trends, not vibes. When a plotline touches on polarization, democratic backsliding, or shifting public trust, it reflects patterns that show up in rigorous, nonpartisan research from organizations such as the Pew Research Center, not just hunches about where the country might be headed.

When the novels reference corruption, courts, or enforcement gaps, they echo the kinds of systemic problems documented by investigative outlets like ProPublica, rather than inventing them from thin air. The fiction changes the names and the stakes, but the underlying mechanics of power, law, and accountability are drawn from the real world.

That is why projects like Vera2 News exist alongside the books. The novels give you the emotional stakes and the “what if.” The reporting and explainers give you the “this is already happening.” Read one or the other, or read both together, and the picture gets sharper.

If you are drawn to grounded, near-future political thriller novels that treat current events as more than background noise, North River Publications is built for you. Explore The Fall of America, follow Vera2 News, and stay connected as new work comes online.

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