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The Day After Never - Purgatory Road (Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller - Book 2)

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by Blake, Russell


  “Least it isn’t raining,” he said, eyeing the horizon where the distant storm was playing itself out.

  “So where do we go next?” Aaron asked.

  “Beats me. But we can’t go south, and there isn’t much west. That leaves north.”

  “Loving’s gone.”

  “Yeah, but there’s more than Loving in that direction. We’ll find somewhere we can put down roots and start a new business. Just got to be the right place.”

  Duke had a considerable store of gold, ammo, and weapons with which to start a new trading post, so he wasn’t worried about adapting. His profession, like prostitution, was one of the oldest, and always in demand. They would move carefully during the day and see what the future held. Maybe they’d find something up by Carlsbad, maybe further north.

  “You want to take first watch?” Duke asked, his tone making it obvious that it wasn’t a request.

  Aaron nodded. “Four and four?”

  “Same as ever.” Duke handed Aaron the goggles, and then unrolled his sleeping bag. The ground was hard, but no worse than the concrete floor of the bunker. “Wake me if you hear anything.”

  “Sure thing, boss.” Aaron sat with his back against a tree and adjusted the goggles before scanning the surroundings.

  Duke yawned again, and with his assault rifle by his side like a lover, closed his eyes and was asleep within thirty seconds, his soft snores rumbling in his chest as Aaron cocked his head to better hear over the river, the goggles lending him the appearance of an extraterrestrial.

  “Hell of a way to end the run,” he whispered to himself, and shifted into a less comfortable position so he wouldn’t nod off.

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  Table of Contents

  Books by Russell Blake

  About the Author

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Excerpt from The Day After Never – Covenant

 

 

 


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