Adrian's Undead Diary (Book 10): The Last Resort [Adrian's March, Part 2]

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by Philbrook, Chris


  Hauptman and Dustin visibly sagged, the adrenaline finally draining away.

  “Looks like the trip out of town might need to wait a few days.”

  Hauptman looked down at their friend. Judging by the way the Sotan medics were working, Waren would survive. “Nice shooting. Quick thinking.”

  “Thank you.”

  Melody approached, and put a hand on Dustin’s shoulder. “Will he be okay?”

  “Think so,” Dustin said with some worry. “We stabilized him. It’s a through and through. Nicked the top of a lung maybe.”

  “That’s terrible. Who did this? Why?”

  Melody slid up against Dustin in a way that showed her affection, but didn’t cross the line into PDA. Decorum had to be maintained, after all.

  “Anti-Expansionists,” Hauptman said and looked over at the crowbar-wielding bait that drew them into the attack. The man had bled out and died during the fight. Hauptman regretted he wouldn’t be able to interrogate him.

  “Fucking terrorists,” Melody spat. “Idiots think that by killing people on the moons, they’ll prevent us from going to the new planet and having people die there. So much for us being the children of Ghara, one and all. Why do people never change?”

  “Because we’re people,” Dustin said. People who kill each other, thought Dustin. People like me, apparently. Guess that’s a part of what I signed up for.

  “Well, look at the bright side,” Melody said, looking down at the man Hauptman shot.

  “What bright side?” Hauptman asked her.

  “There won’t be anything on the new world worse than us, right?”

  Dustin hoped she was right.

  - About The Author -

  CHRIS PHILBROOK is the creator and author of Adrian’s Undead Diary as well as the fantasy series Elmoryn and Tesser: A Dragon Among Us.

  Chris calls the wonderful state of New Hampshire his home. He is an avid reader, writer, role player, miniatures game player, video game player, and part time athlete, as well as a member of the Horror Writers Association. If you weren't impressed enough, he also works full time while writing for Elmoryn as well as the world of Adrian’s Undead Diary and his newest project, Tesser: A Dragon Among Us.

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  Read more by author Chris Philbrook in The Kinless Trilogy. Explore Elmoryn, a world of dark fantasy where death is not the end. The story begins in Book One: The Wrath of the Orphans, available in print, Kindle, and online. Visit elmoryn.com to learn more about Elmoryn, view concept art, and much more.

  Follow Chris Philbrook’s latest epic series as it unfolds in Tesser: A Dragon Among Us. Meet Tesser, the Dragon. He who walks in any form, and flies the skies free of fear. He has slept for millennia, but now he has awoken in a world ruled by human hands, where science has overshadowed even the glory of old magic. Follow Tesser as he seeks to understand why he slept for so long, and where all the magic has gone. Visit adragonamongus.com to learn more.

  Adrian’s Undead Diary: The Last Resort

  Copyright © 2018 Christopher Philbrook

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  First Publishing Date 2018

  All characters in this compilation are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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  Also by Chris Philbrook:

  Reemergence

  Tesser: A Dragon Among Us

  Ambryn: The Cheaters of Death

  Fyelrath & the Coven’s Curse

  Tesser: A Father Enraged

  Colony Lost

  Elmoryn - The Kinless Trilogy

  Book One: Wrath of the Orphans

  Book Two: The Motive for Massacre

  Book Three: The Echoes of Sin

  Adrian’s Undead Diary

  Book One: Dark Recollections

  Book Two: Alone No More — Book Three: Midnight

  Book Four: The Failed Coward — Book Five: Wrath

  Book Six: In the Arms of Family — Book Seven: The Trinity

  Book Eight: Cassie — Book Nine: The Dealer of Hope

  Book Ten: The Last Resort — Coming Soon: No God

  Tales from the World of Adrian’s Undead Diary

  Unhappy Endings

  London Burns

  Only the Light We Make

  The Shed

  An Ill Wind

  The Other Side

  Short Fiction:

  Resurrections: A Short Story Collection

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  At Least He’s Not On Fire:

  A Tour of the Things That Escape My Head

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