Zombies Ever After: Sirens of the Zombie Apocalypse, Book 6 (46 page)

She wanted to go visit him at Grandmas, but Jerry insisted that
would only diminish the punishment. He cut a deal with her that they
would go see him on his birthday.

The sirens killed the world before that meeting could take place.

So much time wasted on arguing.

The disputes with Liam were trying enough, but she'd also argued
too much with Jerry. Their disagreement over “visiting rights”
with Liam had driven a wedge between them. The crevice widened after
it became clear Liam and Grandma had gone out into the city. It all
happened because she'd sent him away.

“I'm so sorry Jer. I wasted our last days together being mad
at you. I should have spent my time telling you how much I loved
you.”

Their relationship was more a brushfire of tension and small
arguments than all out war, but maybe that would have been better.
One big battle to get it all over and done with.

The weak consolation was that she'd forgiven him before he passed
away from his infection. That was too late to matter, though.

And here at her rock, she was utterly alone. There was no sign of
Cairo. Not even any barges. She wanted to believe Liam could have
survived Elsa, but she was completely in control. It was unlikely he
did.

“I'm going to find out,” she said to the water.

She cautiously rose to her feet and took a few tentative steps
through the shallow water near the bank. Something pulled hard at her
right leg, making her hop in surprise.

“Oh no,” she said as she remembered what was attached
to her.

The rope was longer than it seemed while they were swimming. About
ten feet by the looks of it. Jerry's leg was tied on the other end,
and his body had wedged into some larger rocks just out of the water.
She figured wave action pushed him out.

“You have to do it, Lana.” The words gave her courage
as she got close enough to touch the blade in his side. With the
burly knife, she could put the zombie down for good.

She gripped it and her heart rumbled to life. Her breathing
increased, and she lost herself in tunnel vision.

“He's already dead, Lana.”

The face was hidden—a fact for which she was glad—but
it seemed to be sleeping on a big rock. His skin had cleaned up
considerably in the water. The dirt and discoloration of the grave
had been washed away. Dirty or not, it could flip over and bite her
in two seconds. She steeled herself for the final act of their
marriage.

“I love you, Jerry. Goodbye.”

She was pulling at the knife when the zombie spoke.

“I love you, too.”

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E. E. Isherwood has penned two books about post-apocalyptic
driving, six books about zombies, and several short stories from both
genres. He has designs for many more tales. His long-time fascination
with the end of the world blossomed decades ago after reading the
1949 classic
Earth Abides
. Zombies are just a handy vehicle
which allows him to observe how society breaks down in the face of
such withering calamity. Fast cars can also help it along.

Isherwood lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and family.
He stays deep in a bunker with steepled fingers, always awaiting the
arrival of the first wave of zombies.

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E.E. Isherwood currently has six books in the
Sirens of the
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post-apocalyptic stories called the
Revolutions Per Mile
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The
Sirens of the Zombie Apocalypse
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Since the Sirens

Siren Songs

Stop the Sirens

Last Fight of the Valkyries

Zombies vs. Polar Bears

Zombies Ever After

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Book 1:
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When 15-year-old Liam goes to stay with his ancient
great-grandmother for the summer, he immediately becomes bored around
the frail and elderly woman. He spends most of his time at the
library texting friends, playing video games, and reading dark
novels. But one morning stroll changes everything as the Zombie
Apocalypse unloads itself directly into his life. Now he and his
104-year-old guardian must survive the journey out of the collapsing
city of St. Louis while zombies, plague, and desperate survivors
swirl around them.

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After escaping the chaos of the collapsing city, teens Liam and
Victoria are faced with a difficult choice. Do they try to find
Liam’s parents or defend their suburban home from refugees and
the infected? They find new allies to hold things together, even as
the government appears increasingly impotent in the face of a
mutating virus. And why is a representative of the CDC trying to
enlist Liam’s 104-year-old grandma to his cause?

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Liam and his parents are reunited at last, but the matriarch of
their family has been taken to a covert CDC location for medical
experiments. Liam wants to mount a rescue operation, but they must
first reach a refuge, endure warring government agencies, and learn
Grandma’s location—not to mention survive a world awash
in zombies. With Victoria at his side, Liam finds his fortitude
bolstered by her faith. Together they begin to unravel the mystery of
the zombie plague.

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Liam, Marty, and Victoria are rescued from St. Louis. Now safely
in the defenses of the town of Cairo, IL, they are once again free to
look ahead—into the headwinds of the Zombie Apocalypse. Liam is
separated from his parents, Mel and Phil are missing, and Grandma's
status as a sane person is very much in doubt in their new town. But
when Liam finally realizes what's on the chip given to him by Colonel
McMurphy, he sees the way forward. Always with an eye toward saving
civilization, he takes his first steps in that direction.

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Liam is more resolved than ever to solve the mystery behind the
zombie plague. He now has several clues—some gleaned at great
personal cost—about the zombies, although he remains unsure
who's behind the creation of the plague. Was it the secretive
National Internal Security division as he was originally told, or was
it the Patriot Snowball movement as reported by remaining government
officials? Everyone has an opinion, but the truth might lurk within
his own family. Meanwhile, Grandma Marty remains in Cairo, Illinois.
She is confused by her strange dreams by night, and afraid of what
she hears over the great defensive levees of the town by day.

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"Operation Renew America" is the massive convoy escaping
the desolation of the East Coast. As it nears St. Louis, the Polar
Bears gear up for a fight. There are tanks in the streets of St.
Louis. Combat aircraft buzz the Arch. But Liam wants none of that.
His heart is smitten by Victoria, and, though he knows it sounds
corny, he wants to get back to her and continue the quest for the
cure by her side. But Victoria meets an old foe during her time alone
at her University. When Liam returns, and when he finds out where
she's gone, his mission becomes very simple: pursue the girl he
loves. Along the way he has to ask whether there is anything close to
a storybook ending inside the Zombie Apocalypse.

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When the world ended, Perth Hopkins was one of the lucky few. She
jumped in her father's sports car and drove like a girl possessed to
escape the nuclear fires. Today, years later, she drives as a
high-speed courier between the small farming towns in the breadbasket
of a new nation. She's learning the rules of the road in the safe
interior—the pony pastures—but she craves the speed and
danger of the interstate. Those routes are run by the older girls...
When one of those girls shows up in her life, she's forced to
consider whether she really wants to see what's over the distant
horizon.

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Perth is tossed into the high-speed world of "The 70."
Interstate 70 was once a major artery across the United States, but
what's left of it in Kansas has become a dangerous route traversed by
brave couriers carrying pieces of the Old World between the surviving
towns. Perth's driver, Jo, claims she is the best of the best of the
couriers remaining on the highway and she wants to introduce Perth to
how things work by doing a simple run from Hays to Salina. But Perth
quickly suspects she's been seduced into being her co-pilot for an
entirely different destination.

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