Dead Things (30 page)
Authors: Matt Darst
She giggles and grins.
She is happy for Ian and Kari. She’s happy for Peter. Mostly, though, she’s happy for another reason.
Bits of Temple-Tuttel fell last night—the Leonids, red traces falling from the sky like the streamers that signal a new year. They danced outside the window, the window of a study housing an incredible collection of antiquities, reminders of a time before the New Order, and a tattered American flag.
The flag silhouetted Van’s father from behind his desk as he spoke to her and a small band of people, his warriors, about a revolution.
Anne knows the truth. She knows the comet heralds a paradigm shift, the death of a regime, and the birth of a new one. The messenger’s secrets will no longer be whispered. The whisperers will no longer cower. People will listen. People will follow. Or people will die.
Freedom comes with a price.
Tonight it starts.
Tonight Roger Gerome will assassinate Statten while his team hunts down the elders.
This is the night this house of cards comes tumbling down.
Tomorrow holds a promise.
The promise of a new life….in the world of the dead.
About the Author
Matt Darst was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His early years were spent there and in Downers Grove, Illinois. As a youth, he was fed a steady diet of Star Wars, Svengoolie, and dog-eared Stephen King novels. His father and mother, now accomplished artists, encouraged Matt’s creative side early on, especially writing.
Matt studied political science at the University of Illinois and received his law degree from DePaul in Chicago. For a time, writing took a backseat to school and work. That is, until he began carving out time to write a novel…a zombie novel.
“Dead Things” is Matt’s first book.
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