Final Battle (Zombie Dawn Stories)

By Michael G. Thomas

The Flotilla has fought and struggled for ten years but it is now time for them to settle down. After making contact with a new community they decide to risk it all in one last gamble. As the fleet leaves on their final voyage they receive the terrible news. The island, their last best hope for survival is under a massive attack by the walking dead. Only quick and decisive action can save the day and give them the future they have worked so many years for. This is the final story in the epic ‘Zombie Dawn Stories’ series.

Part of the Zombie Dawn series of short stories and full length novels that chart the events of Zombie Apocalypse throughout the world. This series is written by the renowned authors of the ZOMPOC manuals 'How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse' and 'Weapons & Tactics for the Zombie Apocalypse'.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Swordworks Books
• Release date: Feb 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458060419

Michael G. Thomas

Michael G. Thomas, is a writer, martial artist and military historian. He has written books on European martial arts and military history as well as Zombie Survival books and fiction. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Academy of Historical Fencing that teaches traditional armed and unarmed European martial arts. His specialist subject areas are teaching the use of the medieval two handed longsword and the German long knife in both the UK and other parts of Europe.He academic background is as varied as his writing with degrees in Computing, Classical Studies and Machine Learning. In recent years he has undertaken substantial research in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence as well as Ancient Greek and Byzantine military history.Michael is currently completing his Champions of the Apocalypse Series and Star Crusades science fiction series.

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FINAL BATTLE (ZOMBIE DAWN STORIES)

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Michael G. Thomas & Nick S. Thomas

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New South Wales, Australia

The caravan of nomadic travellers crawled along the abandoned coastline like a rough old rope being pulled behind a child. The party of nineteen people looked like something from an old war movie, each with cloth tied around their heads to keep the wind and dust out of their faces. The group moved several miles from the sea, always on the hunt for anything of note that could be reclaimed from the wasteland and to help in their survival. Even after ten years of travel, fighting and desperate survival, they still retained a degree of co-ordination and discipline that even a military unit would be proud of. This tenacity and structure was undoubtedly one of the main reasons for their survival in this hellish scenario. A light wind threw up dust into a gently moving cloud of particles that seemed to be able to work their way through any thickness of clothing.

As they continued their slow trudge a groaning sound blasted through the quiet landscape. Those in the centre of the column dropped to the ground first and the ones at the front and back moved quickly to join their comrades in the middle. It looked almost like an old medieval army that had been threatened by cavalry. The sound became louder and the urgency of the people became greater. In just seconds the column of people had turned into a rough circle, a hedgehog of people and weapons.

Captain Black, a marine and leader of the expedition carried a well cared for M4 carbine along