McLean was confident it would be abandoned, but still wanted to avoid roads, so they kept to the forested hills until they had to cross the Blue River Valley. Here they stopped to scope out the area with binoculars. They didn’t see any traffic near the highway, although they could be reasonably s...
Jim said, arguing with DJ and JD after lunch. “Cars aren’t big enough to conduct the energy. Not unless they’re electrics that are plugged in to the power grid when it goes off.” “Then what do you call that thing, whatever-it-was that took everything out?” JD countered. “W...
She had never known the young man to leave his desk during a shift, not even for lunch. Too eager to prove his work ethic, she supposed. Now the trim brunette sergeant’s hackles were raised, so she went to see what was going on. Squaring her shoulders to make up for the he...