The Last Mission of the Living
by Rhiannon Frater
(The Last Bastion)
(The Last Bastion)
Publication date: August 28th 2014
Genres: Adult, Horror, Post-
Genres: Adult, Horror, Post-
Humanity teeters on the brink of extinction…
Vanguard Lindsay Rooney has faced the undead hordes of Inferi Scourge and lived to tell the tale, but she has also suffered horrible losses. Like millions of other civilians, she had hoped that The Bastion would recover after a team of modified soldiers eradicated the undead hordes of Inferi Scourge that infested their valley. Yet the city still crumbles around them, along with any chance of survival.
Lindsey’s growing friendship with Torran MacDonald, an officer with the Science Warfare division, is her only solace as the decline of the city continues. When food riots fill the streets, martial law is enacted, and the upper echelons of government battle for control of the city, Lindsey is conscripted by her superiors to embark on a dangerous mission into the dead world beyond The Bastion. To add even more complications, Torran and the SWD join the squad.
Soon, Lindsey realizes that her mission is more than what it seems, and there are secrets that could both destroy The Bastion and take her life.
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EXCERPT
“Sir!” Goodwin breathed.
“I see the readout.” It was
impossible to conceive that the others were gone. Opening the comm to the
soldiers in the building, Torran said briskly, “Everyone report. Respond now!”
Strange guttural noises were
his only answer.
Torran hit his wristlet,
again switching the comm to contact Rosario’s group. “Smyth, report.”
As the other half of the
squad was added to his helmet visual, he sucked in a deep breath. They were
also reported as Killed In Action. Stunned, he swallowed the hard lump forming
in his throat. What was going on?
“Sir?” Jonas queried his
voice unsteady.
“Watch that door! Smyth, if
you can hear me respond now!”
Through the static came the
sound of someone choking.
The line hissed and buzzed
for a long second, then a woman’s voice that was not Rosario’s said, “Don’t
worry. She’ll come for you.”
A wave of horror washed over
Torran and plunged him into the blackest depths of despair. They were all dead.
Just like before outside the wall when the expanding perimeter fence had failed
and the Inferi Scourge had swarmed the soldiers.
“Sir?”
The sound of Goodwin’s voice
tugged Torran’s attention back to the present. Staring at the empty doorway
shimmering in an ominous pale gray in the night vision filter, Torran gathered
his thoughts, and then switched the comm again. “Base, I have lost all
communication with my squad and they’re being reported as KIA. We are under
attack from the abnormal Inferi Scourge. We need immediate backup to this
location.”
The popping and static
echoing through his helmet sent a surge of adrenaline through his system. For
several seconds, he feared there wasn’t going to be a response, but then a
voice said, “Master Seeker, you’re to hold position until we can send a
tiltrotor with reinforcements. All units are all presently engaged.”
“We can’t hold this
position,” Torran answered curtly. If the rest of the squad was dead, then he
had to save Goodwin and Jonas as well as himself. He’d been a sole survivor of
a squad before and the burden of that label still weighed on his soul.
“You have your orders to
secure and hold that area,” came the reply.
“We’re dealing with a pocket
of the Abscrags--”
“You have your--”
There were footsteps in the
hallway.
“--and we are about to be
overrun!”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rhiannon Frater is the award-winning author of over a dozen books, including the As the World Dies zombie trilogy (Tor), as well as independent works such as The Last Bastion of the Living (declared the #1 Zombie Release of 2012 by Explorations Fantasy Blog and the #1 Zombie Novel of the Decade by B&N Book Blog), and other horror novels. In 2014, her newest horror novel, The Mesmerized, will be released by Permuted Press. Dead Spots will be published in 2015 by Tor. She was born and raised a Texan and presently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and furry children (a.k.a pets). She loves scary movies, sci-fi and horror shows, playing video games, cooking, dyeing her hair weird colors, and shopping for Betsey Johnson purses and shoes.You can find her online at:
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Paperbacks of both book 1 & 2 in the Last Bastion series
(US only - INTL winner will get ebook copies)
