Threadbare Sky
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Last published Sun, Apr 27, 2025
When Nora Wren Bennett escaped the bunker her captor had trapped her in for months, she thought freedom would mean safety. Instead, she steps into a world unraveling - a world where the dead don't stay dead and survival means sacrifice.
Haunted by the memories of a life stolen from her, Nora sets out across the devastated remnants of Tennessee in a desperate search for the family she lost. With nothing but a battered notebook, a stolen knife, and the song of her father echoing in her heart, she fights to reclaim a piece of herself.
But survival is never simple.
When Nora crosses paths with Reid Garrison - a former soldier hardened by loss and guilt - she is forced to confront more than just the living dead. Reid's past is as bloodstained as the roads they travel, and his loyalty is the one thing more dangerous than the monsters hunting them.
Mistrust runs deep between them, but as the world closes in, Nora and Reid find themselves bound by shared scars and the relentless will to live. Together, they navigate a landscape of broken towns, dangerous survivors, and the fragile hope that something good might still remain.
In a world where everything has been stripped away, they must ask themselves:
When the world comes to an end, what's left worth saving?
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