The Walking Dead: Descent
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“Bob, I can’t—”
“Yes, you can.” He gives her a friendly squeeze, another reassuring pat. “You’re Lilly Caul, and you can do pretty much anything you put your mind to.”
She doesn’t say anything, just stares at him for another moment.
Then she turns and once again gazes out at the dark reaches of the tunnel.
Through the screen of chain link, way out in the depths of the main tunnel, in the grainy darkness, like ghosts, the other tributaries branch off in opposite directions, the legacy of fleeing slaves, calling out to Lilly, a dark heritage of pain and suffering and loneliness and desolation, a low rumble of voices from the grave, whispering from long ago: Run … run away … run for your life!
Lilly senses a response forming deep inside her, a secret voice, felt more than heard, triggered by fight-or-flight instinct.
She’ll stay.
And fight.
Other Books in the Walking Dead Series
Rise of the Governor
The Road to Woodbury
The Fall of the Governor: Part One
The Fall of the Governor: Part Two
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jay Bonansinga is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including the Bram Stoker finalist The Black Mariah (1994), the International Thriller Writers Award finalist Shattered (2007), and the wildly popular Walking Dead novels. Jay’s work has been translated into eleven languages, and he has been called “one of the most imaginative writers of thrillers” by the Chicago Tribune. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, the photographer Jill Norton, and his two teenage boys, and is currently hard at work on the next Walking Dead book in the Woodbury quartet. You can find Jay online at www.jaybonansinga.com.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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First Edition: October 2014