(Book 1) In a world where a virus has spread turning most of the population into flesh eating monsters, there are two friends partying it up in New Orleans when the infection hits. Far away from home, they are trapped and trying to make sense of all that has happened with the help of new friends and enemies along the way. Zombies aren't the only thing to fear... Copyright © 2013 by N_D_Iverson All Rights Reserved. (Warning: This is the unedited, raw first draft) **The edited and polished version, with bonus content and a never before seen chapter, is now available on all eBook retailer websites!**

❝𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚.❞ Selfishly fascinated with her own strength, Valen Ferreira is willing to do nearly anything and everything to prove her might- even going as far as enlisting in the Scout Regiment, infamous for its dangerous endeavors beyond the Walls and its poor success rates. Upon enlisting, she's introduced to Captain Levi - known by the people as Humanity's Strongest - and she's eager on asserting herself stronger. But after a grueling sparring match that ends in no victory, what only intended to be a simple competition becomes a confusing rivalry neither of them can wrap their heads around. As Valen grapples with her newfound rivalry, her prescription medication - a potent sleeping pill - goes empty, and once more, the hauntingly detailed dreams she experienced as a Cadet reemerge stranger than before: snarling canines, men in beige uniforms, and a choking fog. What at first appeared as her mind's warped emulations of the horrors of her adolescence become far too vivid to be simply dreams, and for the first time in years, she begins to question the mystery surrounding her origins- long forgotten since an ambiguous neurological injury she sustained as a thirteen-year-old that resulted in the sheer destruction of her childhood memories. Will Valen emerge victorious from her feud with Humanity's Strongest? What underlying significance do those strange dreams hold? And most importantly, what happened to her on that cold, spring night all those years ago? ━━━𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 #𝟑 - aotfanfic (12.19.2020) #𝟐 - aotau (04.13.2021) #𝟔 - levixoc (08.22.2021)