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Ran (Book 1): Apocalyptica

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by Joshua Guess


  We didn’t know then what troubles we’d face down the road, though recent experience gave us much in the way of expectations. What we did know, what had been burned into us, was the fragility of what we had in that room. Any of us could die without warning or mercy.

  The world had always been that way. It was just more obvious now. The difference was of degree, not kind. What was lost was the misguided idea that any of us were safe. The causes were different—death by random zombie attack instead of distracted driver—but the fundamental truth remained. You could go at any time. No word of warning.

  So you had to make sure every moment had the life squeezed out of it, and that every chance for joy and love was taken. We knew, deep in our bones, that every gathering like this could be our last. In the face of it, there was really only one option.

  In life, as in cards, you had to pull yourself together and deal.

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  Also by Joshua Guess

  Carter Ash

  The Saint

  Living With the Dead

  With Spring Comes The Fall

  The Bitter Seasons

  Year One (With Spring Comes The Fall, The Bitter Seasons, bonus material)

  The Hungry Land

  The Wild Country

  This New Disease

  American Recovery

  Ever After

  The Fall

  Victim Zero

  Dead Will Rise

  War of the Living

  Genesis Game

  Exodus in Black

  The Next Chronicle

  Next

  Damage

  Black Sand

  Earthfall

  Ran

  Apocalyptica ( Also serialized into multiple parts)

  Misc

  Beautiful (An Urban Fantasy)(Novel)

  Soldier Lost (Short Story)

  Dog Dreams In Color (Short Story)

  With James Cook

  The Passenger (Surviving The Dead)

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