by Frank Tayell
“A good point. I’ve had a word with Perez. I don’t think he will use that information, because he knows that if he tries, I’ll come after him.”
“But he’ll be the president!”
Mitchell smiled. “I didn’t mean with a gun.” He tapped his pocket. “They called them phones, but even in the old world I didn’t use mine to make calls. They can do more than take photographs. They can record video, and sound.”
“What do you… you mean you recorded what he said in that room in the embassy?”
“Of course. That’s our insurance against Perez’s honest behaviour.”
“Politics,” she sighed.
“It’s better than the alternative.”
They continued in silence for another few minutes.
“Where are we going?” Ruth asked.
“The coast,” Mitchell said. “We have done our duty for the day, and any that’s left can wait until tomorrow. I always liked walking down to the sea and looking at those rusting hulks. Emmitt might have used that information against us, but I’m not going to let that taint my memories of the past.”
“Life goes on,” Ruth said.
“It does, indeed.”
The end.
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Other novels:
Surviving The Evacuation & Here We Stand
The outbreak began in New York. Within days, it spread throughout the world. Nowhere is safe from the undead. Books 1-3 are the journals of Bill Wright, a political operative trapped in London after the city is evacuated. Books 4-7 tell of Nilda, a mother searching the wasteland for her son, and Chester, a criminal in search of repentance. Books 8 onwards recount the last ten thousand survivors of humanity’s attempt to build a new society out of the ashes of the old world.
Here We Stand is the story of the North American survivors, and the collapse of the United States.
1: London, 2: Wasteland, Zombies vs The Living Dead, 3: Family, 4: Unsafe Haven, 5: Reunion, 6: Harvest, 7: Home, Here We Stand 1: Infected, Here We Stand 2: Divided, Book 8: Anglesey, 9: Ireland, 10: The Last Candidate, 11: Search and Rescue
Post-apocalyptic Detective novels:
Strike a Match
In 2019, the AIs went to war. Millions died before a nuclear holocaust brought an end to their brief reign of terror. Billions more succumbed to radiation poisoning, disease, and the chaotic violence of that apocalypse. Some survived. They rebuilt.
Twenty years later, civilization is a dim shadow of its former self. Crime is on the rise, aided by a shadowy conspiracy. It is down to Detectives Mitchell, Riley, and Deering of the Serious Crimes Unit to unmask the conspirators and save their fragile democracy.
1. Serious Crimes, 2. Counterfeit Conspiracy, 3. Endangered Nation
Work Rest Repeat
Sixty years after The Great War, the last survivors of humanity have taken shelter in giant towers. The colony ships that will allow them to leave the diseased Earth are nearing completion when two murders are discovered. For our species to survive, the criminals must be caught, and the launch must go ahead.
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