Revenant

By Valentine, R.

Book Id: WPLBN0100302709
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Reproduction Date: 10/29/2020

Title:	Revenant
Author:	Valentine, R.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Fantasy
Collections:	Authors Community
Historic Publication Date:	2020
Publisher:	Smashwords

Member Page:	R Valentine
Citation APA MLA Chicago Valentine, B. R. (2020). Revenant. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Abby Rose is a member of the Vanguard but she also waits tables at the O Motel Bar & Grill between her shifts of zombie killing. When a town full of people close to Abby's home are murdered in a strange and viscous way, Abby and her team find themselves fighting side by side with members of the Vampire increment guard. Team members are killed. Truths are revealed, and Abby becomes bait as she finds herself in the middle of a tangled web of lies. Loss is prevalent in this world, but can Abby avoid the loss of love? Or will the secrets from the past be too much to take? Everything dies, and when it does, it stays dead—or she thought.

Summary
Humans and Vampires fighting for survival on a hostile planet overrun by the dead.

Excerpt
The plague didn't spread like the old Hollywood movie scenes. There were no neat epidemic maps or calculations, and soon there was no Army, Navy or Air Force left to guide us with direction and show us the way. The infection didn't spread like rolling waves or wildfire—there weren't enough people left for that—but the infection was strong, and in the first days it spread quickly and with-it taking thousands of the remaining few. Life on our planet was dying and both species wanted to survive, so when the Vampires offered humans a solution, we readily and greedily signed on the proverbial dotted line. Neither party aware of the oversight they were making. A world without humans meant a world without blood, so while they created “I-M”, we formed the receiving lines—and for a time blood became the new currency. It wasn't mandatory; it was optional, but thousands of us lined up anyway. Ageless immortality had been packaged neatly in a little vial. It kept the humans’ human and the Vampires fed. The serum made us stronger, healthier and closely immortal without changing the person into one of them. For some immortality seemed a small price to pay to ensure the survival of the human race, so in exchange, a regular blood donation was traded indefinitely, which gave the opportunity for both species to live to see another day. For the humans, it gave us an infinite amount of time to rebuild and learn from our mistakes; and with enhanced health, strength and durability to survive mother nature, it meant we were less subjective to the power and the force of her will. We would no longer die because of human frailty and disease. Sickness would no longer affect those who had taken the vaccine and our wounds would more easily heal. The vampire's gain was that of the sun, and with the creation of “I-M”, they were no longer left to live in the shadows. Our blood was the key to their survival, so when our population dwindled, so did their food supply. The inoculation was an antidote for death; it meant they would never starve, and we wouldn't perish. It wasn't until it was too late that we understood what that would mean and that we had made a terrible mistake. Everything dies, and when it does, it stays dead—or so we thought.