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After the Ending:
The Ending Series Book One
The Ending Series Book One
by Lindsey
Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue
After the Ending is the first book in the
emotionally charged post-apocalyptic series, The Ending. It is currently ON
SALE for only $0.99 to celebrate the release of the sequel, Into the Fire.
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Description
The Virus spread.
Billions died. The Ending began. We may have survived the apocalypse, but the
Virus changed us.
When people started
getting sick, “they” thought it was just the flu. My roommate, my boyfriend, my
family … they’re all gone now. I got sick too. I should have died with them - with
the rest of the world - but I didn’t. I thought witnessing the human population
almost disappear off the face of the earth was the craziest thing I’d ever
experience. I was so wrong. My name is Dani O’Connor, I’m twenty-six-years-old,
and I survived The Ending.
The Virus changed
everything. The world I knew is gone, and life is backwards. We’ve all had to
start over. I’ve been stripped of my home, my dreams … all that is me. I’m
someone else now - broken and changed. Other survivors’ memories and emotions
haunt me. They invade my mind until I can no longer separate them from my own.
I won’t let them consume me. I can’t. My name is Zoe Cartwright, I’m
twenty-six-years-old, and I survived The Ending.
We’ve been
inseparable for most of our lives, and now our friendship is all we have left.
The aftermath of the Virus has stranded us on opposite sides of the United
States. Trusting strangers, making sacrifices, killing - we’ll do anything to
reach one another. Fear and pain may be unavoidable, but we’re strong … we’re
survivors. But to continue surviving in this unfamiliar world plagued by
Crazies and strange new abilities, we have to adapt. We have to evolve.
And more than
anything, we have to find each other.
Excerpt
Eventually, sporting fresh pajamas and damp hair, I was again settled in
the living room but on an unfamiliar couch.
“This isn’t my couch,” I said to no one in particular. I watched Jack as
he stared forlornly at the clean kitchen floor. Someone had swept up the
mountain of kibble and locked it away.
“Yes, well, yours was … unsuitable. We swapped it with one from an
apartment down the hall. It’s not like they’ll be needing it anymore,” Chris
explained, setting a glass of orange juice and a generous plate of breakfasty
goodness on the coffee table in front of me.
I stared at the food but didn’t touch it, even though my stomach grumbled
in need. Cam usually made me breakfast. “What d’you mean? Why won’t they need
it?”
Chris halted her efforts to arrange a fuzzy blanket around my legs and
looked at me with sharp, sky-blue eyes. Her expression melted into sympathy
before she spoke. “Because they’re dead, hon. Most people are. I thought you
knew.”
“I …,” I tried to speak, but my throat caught after the first sound. I
shook my head.
Satisfied that I was covered and warm, Chris moved to the other side of
the coffee table to sit in a large recliner - another item from the furniture
shopping spree in my neighbor’s apartment.
“It was that damn Virus…we all had it … weeks ago,” Chris said, gesturing
around the room even though it was empty of anyone but us. “Several days back,
everyone in the world seemed to be infected. Now everyone’s pretty much dead.
The rest are like you and me - Survivors. But as far as we can tell, we’re in the
extreme minority.”
“I don’t understand,” I said, confusion creasing my brow. “This is
impossible.”
“Not impossible. Just improbable … and really, really awful.”
Review
By Crystal R.
And just like that ...
I'm hooked on another series.
Quite exasperating,
the way that happens so often! But this series ... These characters ...
After the Ending is
quite unlike many of the other post-apocalyptic novels I've read recently. Yes,
there is a virus, and yes, most of humanity perishes, and yes, there are small
bands of survivors traveling the country in search of... well, something. Where
this series trails off from the norm though, is in the fact that there are no
zombies shambling around in your old backyard. There are survivors who have
gone mad and are quite violent and scary, but they are also very much alive
still, and able to be killed as any human would, very much unlike a zombie.
Fantastic
story-telling, very likeable characters, great ideas! Looking forward to the
next book in the series!!
About the Authors
Lindsey Fairleigh lives her life with one foot in a book - as long as that book
transports her to a magical world or bends the rules of science. Her novels,
from post-apocalyptic to time travel and historical fantasy, always offer up a
hearty dose of unreality, along with plenty of adventure and romance. When
she’s not working on her next novel, Lindsey spends her time reading and trying
out new recipes in the kitchen. She lives in the Napa Valley with her loving
husband and confused cats. You can visit Lindsey’s blog.
Lindsey Pogue has always been a little creative. As a child she established a bug
hospital on her elementary school soccer field, compiled books of collages as a
teenager, and as an adult, expresses herself through writing. Her novels are
inspired by her observations of the world around her - whether she’s traveling,
people watching, or hiking. When not plotting her next storyline or dreaming up
new, brooding characters, Lindsey’s wrapped in blankets watching her favorite
action flicks or going on road trips with her own leading man. You can visit
Lindsey’s website.
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