Last Hope: A Zombie Novel by Drew Brown

Author:Drew Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: horror, scifi, adventure, action, zombies, apocalypse, zombie, living dead, zombie novel, zombie book, end of the world, walking dead, romero, drew brown
Publisher: Drew Brown

Even if we could keep running and escape the horde that had followed us through the underground, the sound of gunfire alerted me to the danger that the cloud, fog—whatever you wanna call it—would have plenty of its own surprises.

Yippee for the British weather…

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Budd and Juliette ran deeper into the fog, keeping an eye out for trouble while tracking the vague outline of the couple who raced along ahead of them. Their route took them down the centre of a tarmac road, and they past stationary cars on both sides, skirting around the abandoned hulks of metal. One of them had a smashed side window and a blood-covered interior. Beyond the cars and the pavements were dark buildings that soared up into the clouds, vanishing about midway up their fourth floors.

More gunshots sounded ahead of them.

Budd looked over his shoulder.

Captain Brooks, Bogey, Chris and Father McGee were all behind, running as fast as they could, but the elderly priest was struggling to keep pace with his younger companions. As yet, the mouth of the staircase had not expelled any of the fast-movers, but Budd was sure that it wouldn’t be long. He and Juliette were still less than fifty yards away.

A gasp from Juliette brought Budd’s eyes to the front; a human-shaped form sprinted towards them from their left, potentially able to cut them off.

With each successive stride the definition of the person’s clothes, and their facial features, grew clearer. The boy, maybe ten or twelve, was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a blue, denim-looking short-sleeved shirt. He had a head of dishevelled hair and the dark, tangled mass bounced as he ran. His open mouth revealed two lines of crooked teeth, his lips were stained with dried saliva and his hands were stretched out ahead of him. His right eye was dark and bloody.

When the distance between them had shrunk to twenty yards, Budd raised his handgun at the boy-beast, trying to adjust for the speeds at which they were moving, to use the deflection shooting techniques he’d learnt as a pilot. He knew it was going to be a difficult shot, but he still had plenty of ammunition left, a full clip, and so he fired.

At just the right time, the boy swerved, dropping his right shoulder and powering away for a few steps before straightening back up and making a beeline again for Budd and Juliette.

Budd took another shot.

The boy-beast swerved again.

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