The Feral Children
Complete Collection
David A. Simpson
Wesley R. Norris
Also by David A. Simpson
Novels
Zombie Road: Convoy of Carnage
Zombie Road II: Bloodbath on the Blacktop
Zombie Road III: Rage on the Rails
Zombie Road IV: Road to Redemption
Zombie Road V: Terror on the Two-Lane
Zombie Road VI: Highway to Heartache
Zombie Road VII: Tragedies in Time
Zombie Road VIII: Crossroads of Chaos
Anthologies
Tales from the Zombie Road: The Long Haul Anthology
The Zombie Road Fan Fiction Collection: Tales from the Zombie Road World
Undead Worlds: A Reanimated Writers Anthology
Treasured Chests: A Zombie Anthology
Trick or Treat Thrillers: Best Paranormal 2018
Trick or Treat Thrillers: Best Horror 2018
Coloring Book
Zombie Road: The Road Kill Coloring Book
Zombie Road and Feral Children T-shirts
Available on Amazon
Also by Wesley R. Norris
Road to Riches: A Zombie Road Tale
Book 1: Deadline
Children Book
Elf Without A Shelf
Anthologies
Tales from the Zombie Road: The Long Haul Anthology
The Zombie Road Fan Fiction Collection: Tales from the Zombie Road World
Splintered Dreams: A Guide to the Apocalypse Vol 2
Contents
The Feral Children
Animals
Prologue
1. September
2. Cody
3. Harper
4. Vanessa
5. Swan
6. Annalise and Tobias
7. Murray
8. Donny
9. Main Entrance
10. Kelly
11. The Children
12. Cody
13. Day One
14. Cody
15. Cody
16. Kerry
17. Putnam
18. Tribe
19. Donny
20. Swan
21. Kerry
22. New Arrivals
23. Gordon and Harper
24. Gordon
25. Cody & Gordon
26. Murray
27. Gordon
28. Vanessa
29. Swan
30. Teddy
31. Trial and Error
32. Harper & Cody
33. Busted
34. Gordon
35. Smith’s Landing
36. Gordon
37. Gordon
38. Murray
39. Gordons Gang
40. Gordon
41. The Tribe
42. Tribe
43. Swan
44. Cody
45. Tribe
46. Richard
47. Donny
48. Diablo
49. Kodiak
50. Tribe
51. Gordon
52. Diablo
53. Smith’s Landing
54. Piedmont House
Epilogue
Authors Note
The Feral Children 2
Savages
Prologue
1. Late May
2. Swan
3. Gordon
4. Donny
5. Harvest
6. Donny
7. Tribe
8. Diablo
9. Swan
10. Call Me Bob
11. Chores
12. Bob VS Tribe
13. The Truck
14. Truth and Secrets
15. Murray and Bob
16. Murray
17. Diablo
18. Tribe
19. The Battle for Piedmont House
20. Aftermath
21. Cleanup
22. Kodiak
23. Gordon
24. Tribe
25. Swan
26. Gordon
27. Gordon and Murray
28. The Triplets
29. Ruins
30. Farewell Old Friend
31. Tribe
32. Captured
33. Gordon
34. Pursuit
35. The Prisoner
36. Smith’s Landing
37. Swan
38. Fight
39. Party Crashers
40. Kodiak and Misty
41. Goodbye
42. Lakota Bound
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Author’s Note
The Feral Children 3
Nomads
Also by David A. Simpson
Also by Wesley R. Norris
Prologue
1. The Road to Lakota
2. The Prophet
3. Diablo
4. Kassie
5. Leaving the Badlands
6. Tribe
7. Gunshot
8. Welcome to Gallatin
9. The Island
10. Diablo
11. Kassie
12. Whiskey and Rye
13. Swan
14. Tribe
15. The Barn
16. Job Interview
17. Ice Cream
18. The Road
19. Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers
20. Watcher
21. Analise
22. Tobias
23. Tribe
24. Analise
25. Swan
26. Tribe
27. Analise and the Spiveys
28. Analise
29. Flying High
30. Tobias
31. Reunited
32. Tribe
33. Twisted
34. Salvaged
35. Vanessa
36. Swan
37. Tobias and Analise
38. Donny
39. Girl Talk
40. Kodiak and Harper
41. Geeks and Freaks
42. Fireside
43. Lakota Left
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Authors Note
44. Burrito Bushido
The Feral Children 2
Savages
Prologue
1. Late May
2. Swan
3. Gordon
4. Donny
5. Harvest
6. Donny
7. Tribe
8. Diablo
9. Swan
10. Call Me Bob
11. Chores
12. Bob VS Tribe
13. The Truck
14. Truth and Secrets
15. Murray and Bob
16. Murray
17. Diablo
18. Tribe
19. The Battle for Piedmont House
20. Aftermath
21. Cleanup
22. Kodiak
23. Gordon
24. Tribe
25. Swan
26. Gordon
27. Gordon and Murray
28. The Triplets
29. Ruins
30. Farewell Old Friend
31. Tribe
32. Captured
33. Gordon
34. Pursuit
35. The Prisoner
36. Smith’s Landing
37. Swan
38. Fight
39. Party Crashers
40. Kodiak and Misty
41. Goodbye
42. Lakota Bound
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Author’s
Note
The Feral Children 3
Nomads
Prologue
1. The Road to Lakota
2. The Prophet
3. Diablo
4. Kassie
5. Leaving the Badlands
6. Tribe
7. Gunshot
8. Welcome to Gallatin
9. The Island
10. Diablo
11. Kassie
12. Whiskey and Rye
13. Swan
14. Tribe
15. The Barn
16. Job Interview
17. Ice Cream
18. The Road
19. Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers
20. Watcher
21. Analise
22. Tobias
23. Tribe
24. Analise
25. Swan
26. Tribe
27. Analise and the Spiveys
28. Analise
29. Flying High
30. Tobias
31. Reunited
32. Tribe
33. Twisted
34. Salvaged
35. Vanessa
36. Swan
37. Tobias and Analise
38. Donny
39. Girl Talk
40. Kodiak and Harper
41. Geeks and Freaks
42. Fireside
43. Lakota Left
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Authors Note
44. Burrito Bushido
The Feral Children
Animals
A Zombie Road Tale
Book 1 in the Feral Children series
This is a work of fiction by
David A. Simpson
and
Wesley R. Norris
Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
No portion of this text may be copied or duplicated without author or publisher written permission, with the exception of use in reviews
ISBN: 9781099338960
Copyright 2019 David A. Simpson
All rights reserved
The Feral Children
Animals
A Zombie Road tale
Dedicated to my dearest partner in life:
The nitpicky, OCD, grammar-Nazi, Robin.
Prologue
Winter
Kodiak wrapped the buffalo skin robe tighter as the wind swirled gusts of snow around his feet. The stone walls of the burnt-out church provided little shelter from the snow storm that raged and wailed and dumped its fury on this forgotten corner of the world. Snow clung to his eyelashes, eyebrows and his hair, which was getting too long, as he watched and waited.
He knew the storm gave them perfect cover if the other tribe chose tonight to attack. If they came, it would be from this direction. Right into his trap. The cables strung across the road were concealed beneath the fresh snow that blanketed the asphalt, ready to be pulled tight at a moment’s notice. They were invisible in the dark, benign and harmless on the off chance someone else was traveling the road, but deadly when pulled into place.
His ears strained over the howling wind to hear the whining of the snowmobiles the others rode. If they came, it wouldn’t be to talk. If they came, they would be counting on the storm to mask their approach. He leaned against Otis, soaking in his warmth. The big bear would smell and hear them long before him. The wind died down a little and its shrieking through the collapsed roof eased. The pair waited with a patience learned from hard lessons and shared an easy companionship. They looked like snow-covered mounds of fur.
Kodiak had tried to avert trouble, had went out of his way to avoid a fight but his efforts were perceived as weakness. Things escalated as things do and a life had been taken. The others had thought they were weak, thought they’d be an easy target but they had been wrong. Now they were coming for payback. It might be tonight, it might not be, but he knew they were coming. They wouldn’t forget the insult and they wouldn’t forget about the girl.
The boy defied them. He stood against them. The child warrior and the colossal bear that towered by his side would defend his people. His tribe. The innocent boy once called Cody Wilkes was long gone. There was no one left alive to remember who he had been. The ugly, new world started in September when the old world died and the warrior king known only as Kodiak arose from the ashes.
He pressed closer to Otis, the 1200-pound bear, seeking the additional warmth he offered. He was scarred and fearsome and had a roar that made his living enemies quake in terror. His massive claws could decapitate a zombie with a single blow. His jaws had immense power to crush bone and rend flesh.
Maybe that was the difference, he thought as the big bear chuffed softly at him, ruffling the feathers and beads in his hair. We have the animals to give us purpose. Keep us sane. Love us as we love them. Protect us as we protect them.
There was enough of everything for everyone left alive for a long time, there was no reason to fight. No reason to go to war. They had warehouses full of food. Water was abundant. The war should be with the undead and the Savage Ones. The animals who’d always avoided man before the zombie virus swept the world but now attacked in droves, all fear of man lost. The coyotes and the vultures, the hyenas and the crows and all the other carrion animals. The ones that lived on the dead. The ones that were driven to madness from unrestrained gorging, eating the easy pickings from the stumbling buffet.
The other tribe wanted control, they couldn’t live and let live. They wanted the girls and they wanted servants to do the work that was beneath them to do. Like any war, it started out small. Small disagreements, small arguments, small trespasses. Then came the escalations, the yelling and the fights. Pushing and shoving turned into killing and dying. It was always the same whether it was two kids on the playground or global nuclear powers playing brinksmanship. Somebody always blinked. If they came tonight, Kodiak would end it.
He’d shown mercy and kindness in the beginning. He’d tried to keep the old ways where children didn’t bludgeon each other to death with homemade battle axes or spears. The old ways were gone, though. It had taken him a little longer than the others to realize it but now that he did, he would be as ruthless and unforgiving as they were. The next time they met, blood would spill.
He hoped they would come, that it would end here tonight. The boy and his beast would fall into them with claws, jaws and steel.
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