The End Games

by T. Michael Martin

  My agent and best advocate, Joanna Volpe, who is a voice of calm in times of writer-y confusion, and who understood The End Games from the beginning and did so much to make this dream become true.

  Sara Zarr, whose kindness and friendship changed my life, and whose mentorship led me toward the endgame of this novel. Here is another truth: Without SZ, there would simply be no novel.

  And finally, more than anyone else, I want to thank my wife, Sarah Louise Martin, whose “Sarahpo” artwork delights me and whose love fills my life with light and hope. There can be no overstating this: Having Sarah in my life is a miracle, and I love her with my whole heart.

  About the Author

  T. MICHAEL MARTIN is a novelist and screenwriter who holds a BFA in filmmaking from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He was inspired to write his debut novel, The End Games, by his own younger brother, Patrick, and their mutual love of zombie movies. He and his wife, Sarah, live in West Virginia. You can visit him online at www.tmichaelmartin.com.

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  Cover art © 2013 by Jon Smith

  Cover design by Jon Smith and Ray Shappell

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  The End Games

  Copyright © 2013 by T. Michael Martin

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Martin, T. Michael.

  The end games / T. Michael Martin. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: “In the rural mountains of West Virginia, seventeen-year-old Michael Faris tries to protect his fragile younger brother from the horrors of the zombie apocalypse”— Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-0-06-220180-5 (hardcover bdg.)

  EPUB Edition MARCH 2013 ISBN 9780062201829

  [1. Survival—Fiction. 2. Zombies—Fiction. 3. Brothers—Fiction. 4. West Virginia—Fiction. 5. Science fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.M36422End 2013

  2012038108

  [Fic]—dc23

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