Fermata: The Spring: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series (The Fermata Series: Four Post-Apocalyptic Novellas Book 2) by Juliette Harper

the second half of their long narration in silence, moving only to refill his pipe and light the tobacco with a sliver of wood.
    When he did speak, he said gently, with a touch of affection coloring his words, "Hettie seems much better now than what you’ve described.”
    "She is," Vick said. "Taking care of Beth gave her a purpose beyond her books. The two of them bonded instantly."
    He puffed at his pipe, creating a little cloud of fragrant smoke. "You believe that is because they both survived the illness that caused this plague?" he asked. "Because they have both been resurrected?"
    Neither Vick nor Lucy answered him immediately. Finally Vick broke the lengthening silence. "That's what Lucy and I believed that night when we were talking in the basement," she said.
    Abbott looked at her appraisingly. "That was what you believed then,” he said. “But that’s only the beginning of the next part of your story, isn’t it?"
    Vick nodded. "The barest of beginnings," she said. "What we didn't realize then was that the resurrection was being controlled; that the entire plague had been orchestrated."
    "And I am assuming that it was as a consequence of that knowledge that you were ultimately driven from your home in Maine and forced to go on the run,” he said.
    "Yes," Vick said, “it was."
    "Because you discovered the source of this plague?" he asked.
    "We discovered its conductor," she said. "My husband. Maurice Eidson."

    To be continued . . .  
     

About The Fermata Post-Apocalyptic
    Survival Series

    The Fermata Series is a collection of novellas
    by Juliette Harper, the author
    of The Lockwood Legacy novels,
    the Selby Jensen Paranormal Mysteries ,
    the Study Club Mysteries ,
    and the Before Series short-story romances.

    Want to know more about author Juliette Harper
    and all of her projects?

    Visit Juliette Harper’s home on the web
    at www.julietteharper.com

    Other books by Juliette Harper:

    The Fermata Series

    Fermata: The Winter

    The Lockwood Legacy

    Langston’s Daughters

    Baxter’s Draw

    Alice’s Portrait

    Selby Jensen Paranormal Mysteries

    Descendants of the Rose

    The Study Club Mysteries

    You Can’t Get Blood Out of Shag Carpet

    The Before Series

    Before Marriage

Fermata: The Spring
    A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series
    By Juliette Harper
    Copyright © 2015, Juliette Harper.

    Skye House Publishing

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