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    Kane and the Hungry Dead
    Kane and the Hungry Dead
    Kane and the Hungry Dead
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    Kane and the Hungry Dead

    By C. C. Blake

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    The world is besieged by the hungry dead, but zombies are not the worst threat. Human evil still lingers.

    An secret enemy lurks inside the fortified walls of Worcester, Massachusetts. At the given hour, it will unleash destruction upon that city's unwitting inhabitants.

    A madman waits inside a mysterious compound in the dead dominated wilderness. His loyal forces are poised to ravage anyone standing in his path to domination.

    Only Kane and his team can stop both threats, but he must divide his forces to do so. Will a house divided triumph or fall?

    Action, adventure and thrills abound in this 15,000 word adventure, which is sure to please zombie lovers worldwide.

    First in C. C. Blake's new series of post-apocalyptic chillers, Kane and the Hungry Dead introduces The Valkyrie Force, humanity's last hope in a world overrun by the living dead.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVampires2 Publishing Company
    Release dateSep 25, 2012
    ISBN9781301323357
    Kane and the Hungry Dead
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    C. C. Blake

    C.C. Blake has lived across the United States, starting in the suburbs of Detroit, to Massachusetts’ second largest city (Worcester) to the country’s seventh largest city (San Antonio, Texas, that is). He’s has a variety of jobs, working as a substitute teacher, the graveyard shift dishwasher at a haunted Denny’s, lab research monkey and teaching assistant at a second tier college. Currently, he works as an automation consultant for a chemical company on the Northeast side of SAtown (which isn’t as Hellish as it sounds). Blake’s most popular character, irrepressible adventurer Chuck Cave, has appeared in over two dozen stories, including the 2005 Man’s Story 2 Story of the Year Award winner “Chuck Cave and the Vanishing Vixen.” The character’s supernatural thriller stories (which began with the seminal “Cave and the Vamp”) are all being released as a part of Vampires2.com’s initial foray into e-books. These new versions are presented in expanded and revised versions, all are the author’s preferred texts. Be sure to collect them all! In addition to his pulp stories for the 2-Empire (Man’s Story 2, Vampires 2, Androids 2 and Paranormal Romance 2), Blake’s fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including Unparalleled Journeys II (from Journey Books Publishing) and Fearology: Terrifying Tales of Phobias (from Library of Horror Press).

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      Kane and the Hungry Dead - C. C. Blake

      Kane and the Hungry Dead

      A Tale of the Valkyrie Force

      By: C. C. Blake

      Kane and the Hungry Dead is ©2012 by C. C. Blake. This work of fiction cannot be reproduced in any format without express, written permission from the author, except for brief excerpts used in reviews, critical articles or for publicity purposes.

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      This edition is presented for your enjoyment by Vampires 2 Publishing Company. Please visit our website at www.Vampires2.com.

      Table of Contents

      Bedside Briefing

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Suggestions for Further Reading

      About the Author

      Bedside Briefing

      Sasha’s mouth remained full and red, though her body was just as spent and sweaty as her lover’s. She said, Kane, why did you take so long?

      Kane's chapped lips spread into an honest grin as he admired her. Sasha’s strong body gleamed in the candle glow. Her blonde hair was mussed from the passionate lovemaking. I can’t help it, he said. I get so turned on—

      "I didn’t mean that, she said, swatting him across the cheek. I meant why did you take so long getting here. Into my life. Why did it take a zombie outbreak to bring us together?"

      He considered this, but could think of no response that merited mentioning. He had other things on his mind. You sure about this plan of yours?

      It’s the only way. You aren’t from Newton, and I know the terrain. That means you stay here and find the rat-bastard, while I do the cross-country trek.

      She was probably right. Kane hated to admit he was worried about her. The pressure of her success was not all on him, but a good chunk of that pressure was his alone. Providing he intercepted Fowler in time, Sasha and the Away Team would have zero hitches. They were jamming across the countryside, full speed for the compound. Fowler was the key, though. He needed to catch the man before the Away Team got to sighting distance of their target. Should Fowler’s people manage to send word, the Away Team's geese were as good as cooked.

      He said, I want you—

      I want you too, stud.

      I want you, he repeated, to be careful out there.

      Is the big bad Kane really worried about me? Her smile had hung on her face for almost ten seconds before it faltered. What happened to the faith?

      My faith?

      I used to be your Valkyrie.

      He caressed her cheek and then ran a finger along her jaw. Across her lips. She nibbled his fingertip. He said, You are my warrior woman.

      Don’t forget it, stud. She pinched his nipple. He winced, then smiled. I like surprising you, she said. I plan on doing that for a long, long time to come.

      When he stopped touching her, he tried to remember the feel of her skin. Just in case he never got the chance to do it again.

      Chapter 1

      In a man eat man world of sudden violence, Kane straddled the narrow line between necessary and gratuitous.

      The apartment complex on Boylston Avenue looked innocent enough, despite the intelligence reports citing it as a dead hive. From the street, shapes were visible in the windows—to all appearances, surviving families returning from the chaos of the undead overrun country to a semblance of order in the Worcester safe zone. From his vantage on the tenement’s rooftop, Kane appreciated the surreality of those surviving families carrying out ordinary lives like shadow puppets juxtaposed with the Special Weapons and Tactics teams massing in the street below.

      The radio in his ear hissed for attention, and he pushed it close, unconsciously re-enacting old Secret Service habits—the hardest to break. Talk to me.

      Status report, Kane. He shivered at this woman’s husky purr. Sergeant Margarita Caul was nice enough to look at, but an incomparable joy to listen to. Are you in, yet?

      We’re about to start out descent.

      Lieutenant McCall is prepping for entry. Caul's voice became a sexy purr. Things are going to get a little manic in short, short order.

      I need fifteen minutes, Kane said. Buy me that?

      I'll see what I can do.

      As soon as he signed off, Kane dupped fists with his partner, the wiry Dougie Majorca. The clock is ticking. You ready?

      I was born ready, top.

      Kane gave a single wave to the zipline team waiting across the street. He got a single ping from a flashlight, which he translated as Good luck.

      Majorca kicked the roof access door in, and they descended the cramped, mildew-stinking

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