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The Promise

Riker's Apocalypse, Book 1

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The Promise

Written by: Shawn Chesser
Narrated by: Adam Paul
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"Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre." (Mark Tufo, best-selling author of the Zombie Fallout series)

"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." (Joe McKinney, two-time Bram Stoker Award winner and best-selling author of the Dead World series)

Army veteran Lee Riker is staying in an Atlanta shelter and supporting himself with the odd carpentry job when his sister, Tara, summons him home to Middletown, Indiana, for the reading of their mother’s will.

Hopeful that the unknown sum of money included in his portion of the inheritance will be sufficient to bring an end to his latest run of bad luck and trouble, Riker boards a Greyhound bus in Atlanta with his duffel bag, less than $200 to his name, and a secret he must protect at all costs.

Riker makes it to Middletown only to learn his sister has recently witnessed a gruesome death. Insisting she saw the victim rise from a pool of his own blood to attack the Samaritan rendering aid, Tara floats the idea that the man may have been a zombie.

While the siblings are comparing what Tara thinks she saw to the conflicting stories about the event being reported on the news, the emergency broadcast system is activated and they find themselves under order to report to one of three newly established quarantine centers.

With this unexpected turn of events looming over their heads, and as a result the reading of the will likely postponed indefinitely, Riker informs Tara of the promise he made to their mother on her deathbed months ago.

A promise whose details leave Tara nearly as confused as those of the grisly attack haunting her every thought.

A promise that Riker insists is worth ignoring the government edict in order to fulfill.

A promise that requires the Rikers to leave town even as shadowy forces seek to seal it off from the rest of the country - a tall order they soon learn will be easier said than done.

Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services
107,000 words

©2018 Shawn Chesser (P)2018 Shawn Chesser
Fiction Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Zombie
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loved it and hope there is a sequel. great character development. I liked the different slower approach.

excellent read and loved the first person view.

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SteveO is my favorite. Got this book free, half way thru bought book 2. Looking forward to book 3. Different voice actors for each character makes a huge difference.

Excellent story. Likable Characters

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I loved this book! Great characters and humour throughout. It’s a must read! I’m hooked!!

Awesome

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Bite on the chin apocalypse, but knock out storylines and character development. Well written series. I could see this apocalypse happening and the tribulations Riker, his family and his friends experienced.

Bite on the chin apocalypse, but knock out storylines and character development.

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I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, and it just didn't. but the writing is beautiful and descriptive.

boring... but beautiful writing

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Very slow book and the least amount of zombie action in a zombie novel. Zero interest in reading the second book.

Slow

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