Eastern Front: Zombie Crusade IV by J.W. Vohs

Author:J.W. Vohs [Vohs, J.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-03T23:00:00+00:00

The mayor of Cairo was true to his word concerning dinner, arranging a spread that included beefsteaks, pork chops, corn casserole, corn on the cob, and an appetizer of lightly roasted and salted soybeans. He even offered each man a single bottle of cold beer and made arrangements to take care of the refugees who’d been waiting in the boats.

“As you can see, we have plenty of corn,” The old man jovially exclaimed. “We even have more than enough to keep livestock fed.”

Speaking around the large slice of pork chop he was chewing, David asked, “How many people live here?”

“Well, we have about five thousand in and around Cairo proper, but I’d say there’s at least that many more living within twenty miles of the town. This area has plenty of streams and sloughs and islands where people were able to escape the eaters when the outbreak reached us.”

Carter spoke up, “We’ve been seein’ the same thing along the Ohio: people livin’ on islands, peninsulas, and even barges.”

They mayor nodded, “Yep, the rivers have saved plenty of folks; of course, ninety percent of the people living around here died before they figured out the eaters don’t like water.” He looked tired and sad. “So what the hell happened, anyway? We have a few ham radio operators around here but they haven’t picked up many transmissions. Did the whole world die?”

David set down his fork and wiped his mouth. “Mayor, when we encountered you heading toward the fight today we said what we had to in order for you to trust us enough to let us help you out. Carter and Bobby were U.S. Army Rangers for eight years, and Gabe was a naval officer for five. I’m just a lawyer from Cleveland, but my brother’s in command of a force trying to hold a bridge just north of Fort Knox. As far as we know, the legitimate military was entirely destroyed fighting the infected in the days after the virus broke free.”

The mayor put his head in his hands and muttered, “So we’re really on our own? What about other survivors?”

“We’ve had some decent radio contact around the country, and we’ve travelled extensively in the upper Midwest. Small groups of survivors are scattered about, and somewhere around a million people have organized out in Utah. Other than that, the news is pretty bad.”

“What could be worse than what I already know after living through the past five months?”

David took a long pull from his beer. “I need to tell you about General Matthew Barnes . . .”

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