“The Great Death” Series

“Grappling with Survival”
by

Crumbly Writer

All rights reserved © 2012


Codes:   (MF, rom, Minimal Sex, PA, Slow)

    

Now available as for purchase (complete).
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or createspace.com for paperbacks.
Both Book 1: "Love and Family" and Book 2: "Grappling with Survival" are available.

Previous Book:
“Love and Family During the Great Death”



  A Post-Apocalyptic world unlike any other. Instead of banding together or fighting each other, here the survivors find a world with few resources, little trust and no desire to intermingle. Fears of disease prevent survivors from reaching out for help. How does society survive if the survivors won't participate?

A follow-up to "Love and Family During the Great Death". It's much less bleak, and reading the first book isn't strictly necessary, so those who couldn't handle the first shouldn't be afraid of this one.



   Character List:   Reference for when you forget who someone is.

   Prologue:   The emotional recap of the previous book (the physical recap occurs in the first chapter).

   01:  A Couple Days on the Farm - The hunt for survivors begins.

   02:  Picking up a New Charge - They increase the number of survivors by one.

   03:  Strangers, both Present and Absent - Is someone searching for David?

   04:  Another New Face or Two - First evidence of others.

   05: Decisions and Their Ramifications - David tries to continue, despite devastating news.

   06:  Distractions - Despite being needed at home, David struggles on.

   07:  Unappreciative House Guests - The newcomers David brought home appear unimpressed.

   08:  A Miracle of Science or of Nature? - David tries to save Mattie.

   09:  Stupid Ideas Justified - Sometimes you just can't keep a dumb idea down.

   10:  The Unrelenting Struggle, and the Man Who Wouldn't Surrender - It's as bad as he predicted, and worse than they imagined.

   11:  Alice's Friends, Part Deux - Another group of kids; what could possibly go wrong?

   12:  Resuming an Old Pattern - You should be able to guess this one!

   13:  For Whom the Siren Wails - Venturing forth.

   14:  A Little Horse Trading - Helping remote communities.

   15:  New Friends, and Foes - Not everyone they meet is friendly.

   16:  A Surprise Visitor, and the Repercussions of His Visit - An unexpected visitor brings unexpected bad news, in more ways than one.

   17:  Connecting the Dots - More theories, and a few details before they set off.

   18:  Retribution Interrupted - David's mission of revenge is put on hold.

   19:  The Best of Intentions - Sometimes your best friends prove to be your worst enemies, even with the best of intentions.

   20:  Future Plans - David outlines how he plans to tackle the news of his 'cure' leaking out.


   Well, this is one more story completed.

   As far as plans, I'm goign to take two weeks off before posting the next story, which will be a repost of a newly revised Catalyst 1.

   Right now, I'm working on revising the entire Catalyst series, and I'm revising the final book, "Building a Legacy". It will be a while before I start "Great Death 3", as I already have another story in mind that I want to write first (this one much shorter). But I plan on getting to it before too long.



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