by Paul Hetzer
My boy is still alive. I find signs that he has been here or there before us. Spent casings where he defended himself from Loonies, an empty candy bar wrapper with a note scribbled to Holly and me, or his boot print in the dried mud. He stays steps ahead, no matter how hard I push us to catch up.
Kera and I have become hardened from our many encounters and battles with the infected. Our ammo is running low again. We will have to get to a population center to resupply. I’m apprehensive about the time this will take away from my search for Jeremy even though I know that necessity dictates the detour. We won’t find him without the means to survive.
My son, my boy— no, he is a young man now—is somewhere there on the road before me, alive, surviving in a world gone mad. He is my Holy Grail, and I will not stop this quest until we are together again, no matter how far it takes me or what stands in my way.
We will be together again soon, this I swear.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Hetzer was born and raised in the mining country of West Virginia. He spent six years in the military before leaving to earn a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and a master’s degree in Chemistry. Paul is an avid gun enthusiast, biker, scuba diver and amateur astronomer. He presently lives with his wife and son in Maryland.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue – 200 Million Years Ago
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
Epilogue
About the Author
