Intelligence had reported no mishaps as of two weeks ago, but we knew anything could happen on a day-to-day basis, so we were cautious. “D, see if you can’t raise any of our operatives here; I need to know the situation,” Dad said, handing DeAndre the cellphone as he drove. Cell towers rarely worked nowadays, the zombies were constantly vandalizing them, but there was a small chance the call might go through. Like, a 1 in 1,000 chance. But the closer you were to where you were calling, the better chance you seemed to have. “This town looks deserted,” I said, looking out the window. “There should be a lot of people here, but…” I trailed off, knowing what it would mean if the townspeople were gone. Overrun. It was happening more and more these days, and it was usually the death of a town or city. Nearly impossible to take back, a city was overrun when the ratio of zombies to humans passed the tipping point. Until that happened, a city would experience occasional outbreaks of zombie violence that were met a by massive police response., Afterward, the tables turned, and a rapidly shrinking population of humans found themselves hunted by a huge zombie population.
What do You think about Mad World (Book 3): Desperation?
