The first book of The Living Saga.
Some people prepare for the end. Other people are thrust into it. No matter how you meet the end of days, you have two options. To be someone who is dying in it, or be someone who is surviving.
Cedric only wanted to get through the drudgery of school. Each day was another nap taken, another test failed. Cedric knew his life wasn't easy, even though it wasn't the worst. It wasn't until he was a teenager that he finally found out the actual world could come crashing down around him.When chaos erupted, Cedric was given no choice but to adapt again.
On the other side of town, a struggling college student is learning the same lesson. Ross had one philosophy about life: Sink or Swim. He had always been a swimmer. Now it was his time to cross the ocean.
With illness sweeping the nation, people must find themselves, and each other, to survive.
Civilization will fall. Will humanity fall with it?
From The Living Saga Novellas Series, this novella takes place between book one, Surviving, and book two, Enduring.
It’s been months since the infection started, but now the infected seem to be gaining strength. Only the strong and the lucky are left standing. But not everyone left standing have the best intentions in mind.
Cedric’s life since the world ended has been far from normal. Before the infection, Cedric’s biggest concern was whether he would graduate high school. Now, he worries if he will survive a trip to the grocery store. Winter is fast approaching and the survivors at the school must stock up and prepare for anything mother nature may bring.
The infected have rampaged through the streets, but now another force stands in the way of safe harbor. An army with unknown intentions has moved into the area and Cedric fears that their motives are not pure. The group of survivors must find a way to make peace or a war will be upon them.It seems that when civilization fell, humanity collapsed with it.
Now, the flood gates have opened onto a ruthless world. Can those left standing survive the rush that follows?
For some people, the end of the world is only the beginning. A new chance at life and a newfound freedom. For others, living through the end is Hell.
Cedric had gotten used to, even thrived in, the end of the world. Despite the infection, the world kept spinning. Even through the disaster, Cedric had finally found his place to help, to rebuild, and above all, to be a leader.
With the infected waking from their winter hibernation, Cedric must fight even harder to stay alive. While the infection spreads, the infected are changing and evolving. As the infection reaches into every place of the nation, a new light shines with hope.
A group of Marines, lead by Master Gunnery Sergeant William Pearson, are taken in by the survivors at the high school. The Marines bring news, but more importantly, they bring a mission—a mission Cedric feels that he must help them complete.
The monsters of the world outnumber the survivors. The war is all but lost. Civilization has fallen. Will humanity find a way to rise from the ashes?