Reset (Book 2): Salvation by Druga Jacqueline

Author:Druga, Jacqueline [Druga, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2016-05-14T04:00:00+00:00

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They left camp under a pink sky, light enough for Malcolm to get a glimpse of Vegas, sad yet in a way beautiful. With seven hours road time ahead, barring any problems, they’d have to make camp at G1 Lab if they were held up there for longer than four hours.

It wasn’t something big, but it was enough to set up a jitter of worry in Malcolm’s gut. He spent hours trying to convince himself he was taking the tiny conversation out of context.

“And if it’s viable?” Maggie asked Norris.

“Orders to terminate,” Norris said.

“Just checking.”

They spoke in a whisper and admittedly, Malcolm didn’t catch what they were talking about. It could have been about road savages as the other soldier called them.

He listened to a nice history lesson from Lt. Gary Greg, the historian. Hearing about things that happened to successfully aid in building the wall that took ten years to construct. He told about the workers and how they were misled into believing they were automatically included. The most interesting part of the story was the great virus that occurred in year seven of building the wall when, fifty percent of those who worked on it, died within days.

“It was horrendous,” he said. “To replace all those workers was insane.”

“I bet,” Malcolm murmured.

It sounded sort of inhumane, but in a way it was the only humane way to save a portion of the country.

Malcolm didn’t speak to Maggie about the exchange he heard, he just kept playing it in his head and coming up with other reasons for it, other than what his gut was telling him. The search for the cure, in Malcolm’s mind went deeper than what they were saying.

Maggie was engrossed with a hand held contraption. He thought it was a phone at first, but he hadn’t seen her speak into it. It was about the size of an original iPhone, but as thin as credit card. Her finger swiped so it didn’t look like she was sending a text.

“Hey, Dad,” Trey slid next to Malcolm. He had been in the back of the van.

“How was your nap?”

“Fine. Bored. What are you doing?”

“What is that thing she has?” Malcolm asked.

“Aldervice.”

“A what?”

“Aldervice, it’s like a phone. I mean really close to it.”

“Can you text on it?”

“Yeah …” Trey leaned forward and reached into his back pocket, pulling out one. “Thirty percent of people in Salvation have one now. I have one because I make deliveries there...”

Malcolm took the device. It was light and surprisingly flexible. He touched the surface and it did look like a phone. “So she’s swiping through something?”

“Probably notes. Pictures. Who knows?”

“Games.”

“Nah, there’s no games. Very little entertainment in Salvation.”

“I have to tell you,” Malcolm said, “Salvation sounds boring.”

“It has its downfalls, but it has perks.”

“So technology didn’t really die.”

“It evolved to meet the need,” Trey explained. “All computers are like tablets now. No internet, but you can send things to one another. And call … but you don’t need a phone number.”

“How is that possible?”

“Works on user ID.

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