The After War
by Brandon
Zenner
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GENRE: Dystopian,
post apocalyptic
NOTE: The book will
be on sale for $0.99 during the tour
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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.
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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.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
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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NOTE:
In
addition to the commenter prize, the author is also raffling off five signed
copies of THE EXPERIMENT OF DREAMS (drawing will be October 21). Here is the
sign up: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/c4c89eb41/
GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
Brandon
Zenner will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn commenter via
Rafflecopter.
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