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    Running on Empty
    Running on Empty
    Running on Empty
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    Running on Empty

    By Tara-Lee Green

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    A disease has overtaken the world. One by one the major nations have fallen, as its citizens succumb to an evil virus that turns them into mindless, flesh-eating monsters, dubbed 'zombies' by the media.

    In Australia, there isn't a family that isn't touched by the disease in some way. Some people develop the symptoms for themselves, while others lose family members as prey to the foul beasts. Others are merely inconvenienced by government programs intending to protect them.

    Here, their stories are told.

    Liz just wants to get home to be with her family, but when her car runs low on fuel she is tempted to take a shortcut through unfamiliar, and potentially dangerous, territory.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTara-Lee Green
    Release dateApr 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301454976
    Running on Empty
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    Tara-Lee Green

    Tara-Lee Green is a single mother of five children from Queensland, Australia. She is currently writing a series of zombie short stories, and is planning a novel set in the same story world.

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