Excerpt:
“Everyone save a bullet for yourselves.” Ambrose handed
Ollie his pistol, giving him two to use. I pulled my own handgun out.
Despite the presence of the Reverend, or because of
it, the zombies continued their pursuit. They were almost within fifty feet of
what remained of our squad, and Ambrose was the only one still shooting.
“Ollie, build us a fire,” Ambrose said over his
gunshots.
Ollie dove into his backpack and pulled out a
firewall. He tore the plastic tube open and removed several feet of a
putty-like substance. Stretching it out with his hands, he made a circle around
us. He lit a match and tossed it at the firewall, igniting it.
The putty burst into a five-foot high flame that
surrounded us. Zombies hated fire. They wouldn’t come anywhere near it. The
firewall slowed the dead meat down, and we unloaded the rest of our ammunition
into their heads, one by one. But we didn’t even make a dent; every time we
killed one of them, two more appeared in its place.
“I’m out.” Ambrose dropped his M16.
“Out.” Ollie threw the two pistols to the ground.
“Down to one,” I said.
Ambrose and Ollie looked at me, surprised.
“You said to save one for ourselves.”
My friend laughed. The firewall kept the horde at
bay, but it would only last so long. It was already losing strength. Once it
died out, so would we.
The zombies’ red eyes got close enough to see. I
hated those red eyes. Always did.
Ambrose pulled out a flare gun and fired it into the
air. A last gasp effort for help. “Somebody’s got to see it. They’ve got to.”
“Are we close enough to Fort
Bragg for anyone to see it?” I glanced at Ambrose.
He shook his head. “I hope so.”
His face turned pale. Not that he could be blamed for being afraid at a time
like this. If shock and adrenaline didn’t currently control my body, I’d have
wet myself. Actually, for all I knew, I did wet myself.
I took off my helmet and put the pistol’s barrel
against my temple. “You two make a run for it. They won’t take me alive.” More
than anything, I wanted them to get away. Somebody needed to survive.
“He’s right. If he wants us to go, let’s go.” Ollie
appeared more than ready to jump through the firewall and make a run for it.
Ambrose refused to listen to reason. “We’re not
leaving him.”
“You want to be a hero, do it on your own time.” Ollie
dashed through the firewall, leaving us alone.
“Go with him,” I said. “Please.”
Ambrose shook his head. “Give it
up. I’m not going anywhere without you.”
Ollie let out a blood-curdling scream.
I turned my head, trying to get a glimpse of him, but
the fire blocked my line of sight. Once the pained sounds coming from his voice
faded away, Ambrose and I stared at each other. We were next. The zombies stood
on the other side of the dying firewall. These were some brave corpses,
standing so close to the fire. They could easily step over it.
What were
they waiting for?
Book & Author Details:
Dead New
World by Ryan Hill
Published by: Curiosity Quills Press
Publication date: October 13th 2014
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Zombies
Published by: Curiosity Quills Press
Publication date: October 13th 2014
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Zombies
Synopsis:
Zombies
aren’t mindless anymore.
Before the
world fell into chaos, the undead existed only in the imagination. Now, more of
them walk the earth than living. Zombies move about freely, while humans entomb
themselves inside concrete barricades to stay alive.
All that,
while the leader of a powerful cult – known only as Reverend – becomes the next
threat to the rebuilding United States. Believing zombies to be God’s latest
creation, making humanity obsolete, he wants to give every man, woman, and
child the chance to become one. With his combined army of humans and zombies,
he may well get his wish.
Best
friends Holt and Ambrose went up against the Reverend once. Holt lost a foot
and a zombie bit Ambrose…though he survived the virus, only to become a
human-zombie hybrid, reviled by the living and unwelcome among the dead. When
the Reverend kidnaps the woman Holt loves, the race is on to save her from a
fate worse than death.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Growing up, Ryan Hill used
to spend his time reading and writing instead of doing homework. This
resulted in an obsession with becoming a writer, but also a gross
incompetence in the fields of science and mathematics. A graduate of
North Carolina State University, Ryan has been a film critic for over five
years. He lives in Raleigh, NC, with his dog/shadow Maggie. Ryan also
feels strange about referring to himself in the third person.
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