Sawkill Omnibus............A ZOMBIE NOVEL
by Matthew L. Fitzgerald
Jessie and Mauri Brewster: Man and wife. Parents. Best friends. Survivors.
Jessie travels for his work…a lot. His worst fear is being away when there is an emergency at home. He has confidence in Mauri to take care of things – she always does – but it’s just the kind of guy he is. With his cell phone off for the night Jessie has missed the frantic calls from Mauri who is at home with their children in Massachusetts. The chaos that started the night before on the island of Manhattan has had nine hours to spread. As Jessie races from his hotel in New Jersey to get back to his family Mauri has to act fast with their two little ones in tow as the insanity comes north. They are separated by three hundred miles and three million zombies. Never tell them the odds.
Jessie’s plan sounds simple enough: Get from Jersey to Massachusetts, find his family and get someplace where there are no zombies. He never knew so much could go so wrong so fast. “The system” breaks down almost immediately. Once the infection escapes Manhattan all hope of containment is lost. The government draws a line in the sand at the Rocky Mountains and wishes the rest of the country good luck as they plan to drop bombs on the “infected zone.” Anyone uninfected in the east is given seventy two hours to get to processing