by JoshuaGGoodman
He got them out. He’s the one who stayed. Josh Bates made the choice no one should have to make—draw the dead away and leave everything behind. Now he’s alone. The world didn’t end clean. It fractured. Streets are littered with what’s left of people who tried to run. The infected don’t just hunt… they wait. Watching. Listening. And when night falls, they come back. Josh isn’t trying to save the world. He’s trying to survive long enough to find something worth holding onto again. But survival has a cost. Every mile puts more distance between him and his family. Every decision leaves something else behind. And the longer he stays alive… the harder it becomes to recognize the man he used to be.
