Taking It Back by Joseph Talluto

Author:Joseph Talluto [Talluto, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: horror zombie sequel apocalypse uprising upheaval dead flesh survivor, horror zombie virus apocalypse survival, white flag of the dead, Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, General, Viruses, Zombies, zombie horror survival flesh dead eat severed press ghouls the walking dead living dead permuted zombies novel book, Survival, Lang:en, White Flag Of The Dead
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2012-03-14T20:51:32+00:00

I reached the other side where Charlie and Tommy were standing. “Anything?” I asked looking at another piles of bodies. This group, about thirty of them, was not as orderly as the others. In fact, they seemed to have been left where they fell.

“I think these were zombies,” Charlie said, indicating with the barrel of his rifle a neat hole in the forehead of the nearest corpse. There were similar wounds in the rest of the corpses that I could see, evidence that these people were infected and put down. But if they put down the Z’s, why would they leave their town and come to this area to die? It made no sense whatsoever.

I started back towards the truck, signaling the other two to follow. We wouldn’t get any answers from this place and like Charlie had said, this town was full of ghosts.

Just as we passed the trees, a small figure stepped out into the open. Three rifles trained on the small man as he stood there, staring at the bodies. Flies landed on his face and clothes, but he didn’t seem to notice. He was dressed in casual clothes, jeans and a flannel shirt. I noticed the bulge of a holster under his shirt and signaled to Charlie the man had a weapon. He looked to be around seventy, but was probably younger. He didn’t seem to notice us, his haunted eyes were fixed on the death in front of him.

I moved closer, lowering my rifle, knowing that Charlie and Tommy had moved to the sides and still covered the old man. “Sir?” I asked, “Are you from around here? Do you know what happened here? Sir?”

“He lied to them,” the old man said, his voice barely carrying over the din of the flies. “He lied to them and led them here and watched as they died for him.”

Confused, I pressed for answers. “Who lied?”

The old man glanced my way, his piercingly blue eyes barely acknowledging my existence. “This town had a preacher, who told the people the dead rising was a sign of the end of the world. He told them there was no hope, that after the dead had finished, the world would be consumed by fire and cleansed by God, who was angry at the world. He lied when he said everyone was dead, that this town was the last one on Earth. He told them he had visions from God, telling him what the townspeople had to do to be saved.”

I just scowled, remembering preachers and pastors from my own past who were little better than charlatans, claiming a connection to God that was more false than their claims of salvation. But I also remembered how persuasive these men were and how with just a few words they could whip a crowd up to rapturous frenzy. Opportunists, every one, and the Upheaval brought more opportunity than most dared dream.

“He had the people bring out their sick relatives, then made them watch as they turned into those nightmares.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.