The dark days
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Decisions are hard to make, but how hard would making decisions be when you're thrust in to a post pandemic world where a virus has threatened to end the human race by turning them in to undead creatures?
Zack, a strong willed, but at the same time slightly timid, 14 year old, is thrust in to this strange and dangerous world where no one can be trusted anymore, where bandits and zombies run free, and where supplies are valued more than human lives, What follows next? Will he survive? Will he find a sanctuary to live in safety?
Read on to find out
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