The After War
by Brandon
Zenner
GENRE: Dystopian,
Post-apocalyptic
BLURB:
Brain Rhodes and his
cousin, Steven, are leaving the protection of their underground bunker for the
first time, after a cataclysmic war and unrelenting disease ravaged the earth.
On the other side of
the North American continent, young Simon Kalispell is leaving the safety and
seclusion of his cabin deep in the woods, traveling with his aging canine
companion, Winston.
For individual
reasons, these men are traveling east, where the fragmented lives of a small
number of survivors will soon be decided by the choices of a corrupt few.
Simon Kalispell and
Brian Rhodes are not yet aware, but the strength that resides inside them will
soon be tested, and destiny will call for their fates to be forever
intertwined.
Excerpt:
Brian lowered his gun. “It’s okay,
Steve. He’s dead.” He looked around. “There’s no one here.”
Steven lowered his rifle, wiping his
palms on his thighs and brushing the sweat from his eyes.
“I said he’s dead, Steve—”
“I reckon he’s dead, Brian. I see
he’s dead.”
“Come on now. We’re right at town.”
They sidestepped the corpse until it
was well behind them. If the body was someone they had once known, it was now
impossible to determine who that person might have been.
“That won’t be the last of them,”
Brian said. “You better get your head on straight.”
Steven opened his mouth to speak,
but then shut it again.
They stepped onto the road as the
first house emerged from the woods. They walked past it, taking careful notice
of the blank windows—as black as the eye sockets of the corpse—and scanned for
any sign of movement, like the fluttering of drapes, or the partially covered
face of a person peering out from the darkness with a shotgun clenched tight in
their hands. Anything.
But there was no movement.
“Think anyone’s left?” Steven said,
with a crack in his voice.
Brian shrugged. “I know as much as
you do.”
The yards around the homes, and
Pearl Street itself, were spotted with litter and debris of every kind blowing
in the gentle breeze. Overgrown tree roots buckled sections of the sidewalk and
emerged from cracks in the pavement. They passed the police station bordering
the center of town. The cruisers were vacant in the parking lot, and the
building was cold and silent.
AUTHOR BIO:
Brandon
Zenner is an American fiction writer and an Amazon best selling author. His
short fiction has been published in both print and online publications, the
first being submitted when he was 19 years old. THE EXPERIMENT OF DREAMS, his
debut eBook thriller, has reached Amazon's best seller list many times. His
second novel, WHISKEY DEVILS, was released in early 2016. THE AFTER WAR, a
dystopian thriller, is available now as a pre-order, at 80% off the final sale
price. You can follow the author on his Amazon page, or through his email list
on his website. All email subscribers will receive his futuristic short story,
HELIX ILLUMINATED, for free as a thank you. His genres of choice are thrillers,
crime, dystopian, and science fiction.
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2 comments:
Hi there,
Thank you for hosting. I'll be in and out through the day, I look forward to talking to you all. I'm happy to answer any questions that anyone may have.
-Brandon Zenner
Thanks for hosting!
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