Z Children (Book 1): Awakening (31 page)
Susan couldn’t
contain herself; she grabbed her dad’s shirt collar hard and yanked it so hard
that she thought she’d break his neck. “It’s Sherry. Dad, it’s Sherry!”
Gently, her dad
turned back to look at her and pushed her arms away from his body and stared at
her with hard, determined eyes. “That’s good, Suz. It’s Sherry. And that fog
horn probably alerted every zombie kid and infected adult from here to
downtown. You may have just killed her.”
Susan’s jaw
dropped and her eyes flitted frantically between her father’s face and her best
friend on the shore. “We have to get her! We have to go now; we’re so close!”
“I love her too,
Suz. You know I do. She’s like my second daughter. But…” Grant Fields sighed,
his eyes leaving his daughter’s face, “I’m not risking my grandkids to save
her.”
“No… no!” Susan
pushed her father angrily. “We. Can. Not. Leave. Her. I told her to come here!
I did, Dad. It’s my fault if something happens!”
Susan Fields and
Grant Fields stared at one another, each torn with indecision for their own
reasons.
“We’ll try. We’ll
try, Suz. That’s all I’m promising.” Grant Fields moved toward the anchor
winch. Susan could not move. She’d been so stupid. So stupid.
“Oh my god,
Dad.” Susan whispered, drawing her father’s attention to her and away from his
task. She motioned with a shaking hand and Grant Field’s gaze moved to look at
the land. When he saw what she saw, he began to retract the anchor even faster.
THE END
ELI CONSTANT
Eli attended
USC-L, Columbia College, Texas A&M, & George Mason University. She
studied everything from Mariculture to Differential Equations. Settling on
Biology, Eli participated in research fellowships in Texas and at NIH, worked a
few random jobs, and finally settled into a Virginia lab where she focused on
mastering diagnosis procedures and implementations of histology and pathology.
Choosing to be a
dedicated homemaker after the birth of her first child, Eli rediscovered her
passion for writing. She's never regretted the decision; not only are her kids
the most amazing creatures, but writing fulfills her soul in a way science
never did.
***
Eli is the
author of
Dead Trees
,
Dead Trees 2
,
Mastic, DRAG.N & Z
Children: Awakening.
She is a contributing author to
Let’s Scare Cancer
to Death
,
State of Horror: New Jersey
,
State of Horror: Illinois,
&
Fading Hope
. Her books are available in eBook, paperback, &
audio formats.
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Twitter @Author_EliC
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Wordpress:
http://authoreliconstant.wordpress.com/
B.V. BARR
Ben has been
teaching Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) continually since
1981 when he joined the USAF as a “Survival Instructor”. In that Thirty+ year
period, he has taught all aspects of SERE, trained at both domestic and
international schools, written SERE doctrine and instruction, researched
and developed cutting edge programs for dealing with both the psychological
and physical challenges of survival, tested new equipment, written numerous
papers on equipment and SERE-related disorders, and taught thousands of
classes. Ben’s research and program development is the basis for many of the
national and international survival schools in operation today. He is a USAF
Master SERE Instructor.
Members of the
Rangers, Green Berets, Para-rescue, Combat Control, Navy SEALs, Air Force Crew
Members and MARSOC have all been his students. Outside the military, he has
taught people from the DEA, Local Law Enforcement, Department of Natural
Resources, the FBI, and other Federal Agencies. With over 12 years in the
disaster mitigation and security fields, his advice on the development of
advanced survival systems is irreplaceable and his knowledge of the physical
and psychological aspects of both manmade and natural disasters is unparalleled
in the survival world.
Z Children:
Awakening
,
written with Eli Constant, is Ben’s first official foray into fictional
writing. His technical expertise has proven a valuable asset in the development
of plausible situations, appropriate survival responses, and how the world
would really operate at the ‘awakening’ of an apocalypse.
Check out B.V.
Barr’s survival company:
A NOTE FROM THE
AUTHORS
We send you our sincerest thanks
for purchasing
Z Children: Awakening
! We hope you enjoyed reading the
story as much as we loved writing it.
If you did enjoy the read, it would
mean a lot to us if you would consider posting a review and star-rating on
Amazon.com/Amazon.co.uk or other review sites. Word of mouth will carry
Z
Children: Awakening
far!
We hope the next
book you pick up to read is a true literary ride, a veritable page-turner with
a cornucopia of spunky characters. Thank you so much for taking a chance on our
book! It was our honor to share it with you!
-Eli Constant & B.V. Barr
RECOMMENDATIONS
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check these out!
Claire
C Riley’s ODIUM Series
- The zombie apoc just got snarkier! Zombies go back
to their roots with Riley’s fierce, unforgiving storyline, and unparalleled
attention to detail.
Let’s
Scare Cancer to Death
- a multi-author collaboration from MayDecember Publications.
Eli Constant’s “Z Children” is the lead-off for brilliant short stories from
talented authors. This book is a charity anthology and 100% of profit goes
directly to the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
http://www.jimmyv.org/
Current
and upcoming releases in the acclaimed
State of Horror Anthology Series
from Charon Coin Press. Eli is featured in both State of Horror: Illinois &
State of Horror: New Jersey.
The
Fading
Hope
Anthology featuring awesome authors like Claire C Riley, Jack Wallen,
Rebecca Besser, Armand Rosamillia and more!
The
Dead
Series
by T.W. Brown- Step into a world where the dead rule... but may not
be the most terrifying thing facing humanity.
And
if you haven’t read Eli Constant’s
Dead Trees Series,
check that out!