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Dead Beginnings
Who ever said the apocalypse wouldn’t be bloody?
The Dead Beginnings novella series takes you back to the first terrifying days of the zombie apocalypse, following characters from the Dead Soil series as they fight to survive the beginning of the end.
New to the world of Dead Soil? No problem! Dead Beginnings can be enjoyed on its own, with no prior knowledge of the trilogy required. Each novella tells its own story, and they can be read in any order.
Volume 1
Lonnie Lands thought his life couldn’t get any worse. His mother was long gone, leaving him at the mercy of an abusive father. He’d washed out of Army boot camp just days before graduation, and his fiancée had betrayed him, ending their relationship in a cold letter. With his life already in ruins, Lonnie figured he’d hit rock bottom.
He was wrong.
When a zombie outbreak tears through his small Northwest Indiana town, Lonnie is thrust into a nightmare far worse than anything he’s faced before. With society crumbling around him, the Army washout must rely on whatever survival skills he can muster—and hold on to the humanity he has left.
But surviving the apocalypse is one thing. Surviving the first few nights might be another.
Will Lonnie make it through the beginning of the end?
Volume 2
Lee Hickey came to America from Ireland with one purpose: to help others. As a nurse, he’s spent his life confronting sickness, suffering, and death. But nothing could prepare him for the horrors of the zombie apocalypse.
When patients begin transforming before his eyes, the hospital becomes a death trap, and Lee must fight his way out of the chaos. Every instinct tells him to save lives, not take them. But in a world where the infected hunt the living, his compassion may become his greatest weakness.
His pregnant wife is waiting for him, and he’ll do whatever it takes to get back to her. But can a man who has dedicated his life to saving others learn to kill in order to survive?
With hell unleashed and his family’s lives hanging in the balance, will Lee fight his way through the nightmare and reach them before it’s too late?
Volume 3
The zombie apocalypse has barely begun, and Olivia Darling already has a fight on her hands. A tough, talented softball all-star, Olivia has been making all the wrong choices—dating the wrong boys, clashing with her parents, and dreaming of escaping Northwest Indiana to take her athletic career to the next level.
But when the dead begin to rise, Olivia discovers a whole new way to put her softball skills to use. With a bat in her hands and the undead closing in, she’s about to become one of the most dangerous hitters around.
Surviving the apocalypse won’t be anything like winning a softball game, though. With danger lurking around every corner and no one to rely on, Olivia must fight harder than ever to stay alive.
Can this teenage all-star smash her way through the undead long enough to find a group of survivors—and a chance at a future?
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