36 Hours: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Fiction Series by Bobby Akart

Author:Bobby Akart
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Dystopian, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Futuristic, Christian Fiction, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult, Adventure, War & Military, Mysteries & Thrillers, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2016-07-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

7 Hours

4:00 p.m., September 8

Interstate 30

Texarkana, Texas

As Colton raced up Interstate 30 towards Little Rock, his mind drifted as he assessed his life in Texas prior to moving to Tennessee. His father worked himself into the grave. He was the ultimate family provider, except in one respect—spending time with his wife and son. The Ryman family started their lives in Texas as oil men and cattle ranchers until the Great Depression, when the oil industry took a nosedive and the cattle ranches were decimated by drought.

Unable to find a job, Colton’s grandfather, Walter Ryman, went off to war and fought in Patton’s Third Army as it raced across France in the summer of 1944. The fighting was vicious throughout the cold winter leading into 1945, and then it got downright ugly. Corporal Ryman’s tank corps was assigned to the 89th Infantry Division to lend support during an offensive in April 1945.

As the 89th pushed into central Germany, the locals began to tell the U.S. soldiers of a prison camp nearby. Rumors were rampant as Corporal Ryman’s unit pressed the attack and approached the small town of Buchenwald. The German concentration camp they found was horrific. The atrocities, abuses, and killings were more than most men could take mentally. But Corporal Ryman persevered as he assisted the survivors to safety.

One of the survivors was a Romanian-born Jew named Elie Wiesel. He and Corporal Ryman became friends and stayed in touch throughout Wiesel’s years as a writer, professor, and ultimately, the winner of a Nobel Peace prize. As a holocaust survivor, Wiesel saw the horrors his fellow man was capable of inflicting. He relayed these sentiments to Corporal Ryman, who in turn warned his children and grandchildren to never underestimate the depravity of man.

As a result of the lessons learned from Wiesel, through his grandfather, Colton became charitable. His pledge to give back included more than the expected ten percent tithes and offerings taught in church. He was instrumental in establishing the CMA foundation. Inspired by his love for music and using his influence as one of the top country music agents in the country, Colton organized benefit concerts, social meet and greets, and established grants for music education.

He also vowed to spend more time with his family than his father spent with his. He had achieved the pinnacle of his career, with the next step being a high-powered New York or Los Angeles agency. Overtures had been made the last few years, but he quickly shut them down. He made enough money to provide for his family. They were comfortable, much more so than most. Now, his goal was to delegate more to subordinates, thus freeing up his family time.

Colton was cruising along at nearly one hundred miles an hour as the interstate traffic remained sparse. This part of southwest Arkansas was desolate as he approached the town of Hope, birthplace of former President Bill Clinton and a darn good man, Mike Huckabee. His mind wandered to politics until he was snapped back to reality.

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