The Risks
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"You can't tell me there isn't something here worth risking everything for."
[New Adult Apocalyptic Romance]
Summary:
Most of the population is dead, some have turned into vicious, crazed creatures who want nothing more than to eat you, and a small percentage are left to try to survive. Nothing is the way it was.
With not much more than a pistol and a vague idea of what she's doing, Claire Harrington ventures out into this new, unforgiving world with only one real goal: to keep her younger sister safe. The odds are against her, until she runs into Parker and finds herself reluctantly accepting his offer to help.
Trust is a fragile thing. Humanity is a construct. Love is a weakness. But these are the thoughts of a survivor, and she's beginning to wonder if surviving is all she wants. Maybe she wants to live.
Past and current ranks:
#3 in dystopian 9.28.21
#1 in love 7.25.22
#1 in angst 7.25.22
#1 in virus 8.8.21
#1 in infected 3.22.22
#1 in zombieoutbreak 2.14.22
#1 in zombieapocalypse 6.12.20
#1 in apocalypse 3.27.20
#1 in zombies 7.26.20
#1 in survival 12.27.19
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