Ghost Run (34 page)
Authors: J. L. Bourne
We'll make landfall in the Keys in two days. I didn't know Billy in person, but his sacrifice on that rooftop was nothing short of heroic. I feel extreme guilt for what he did to save our lives and get us off that building. Reeling from the loss of Billy and Checkers, I haven't craved meds since the rooftop. Thank you, Mitch.
I've already spoken to Tara and Bug. She was pissed! I can't say whether or not I'll be sleeping in
Solitude
's stateroom for a week after I get back, but news of our cargo may soften the blow. John says that the excitement in the Keys is palpable and celebration planning is already under way. All the kids in the Keys are cutting up paper dollars for a ticker-tape parade.
Phoenix and Hourglass are coming home.
Day 55
KEY WEST TELEGRAPH STATION #001
DISPATCH TO KIL FROM MITCH
FRIEND OF YOURS SHOWED UP AT THE GATE TODAY.
FOUR LEGS, METAL.
COME GET YOUR DOG.
ALL THE BEST
MITCH SENDS
Ghost Run
is yours. I'd like to thank each and every one of you who wanted the saga to continue. This was the last Day by Day Armageddon novel written on active duty. As I end that twenty-two-year military chapter, I begin what's next.
Would you like to come along?
J.L. BOURNE
is a commissioned military officer and acclaimed author of the horror series Day by Day Armageddon and the dystopian thriller
Tomorrow War
. With twenty years of active military and intelligence community service behind him, J.L. brands a realistic and unique style of fiction. He lives on the Gulf Coast but is sometimes spotted toting a rifle and a Bowie knife in the rural hills of Arkansas, where he grew up. Visit him at
JLBourne.com
before the grid goes dark.
www.facebook.com/OfficialJLBourne
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Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bourne, J.L., author.
Title: Ghost run / J.L. Bourne.
Description: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. | New York : âGallery Books, 2016. | Series: Day by day armageddon ; 4
Identifiers: LCCN 2016006455
Subjects: LCSH: ZombiesâFiction. | ArmageddonâFiction. | BISAC: âFICTION / Horror. | GSAFD: Horror fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3602.O89274 G48 2016 | DDC 813/.6âdc23
LC record available at
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ISBN 978-1-5011-1669-8
ISBN 978-1-5011-1671-1 (ebook)
