The Rail-Walker Pt. 1

By F. G. King

This is the first part of the serialized story of the Rail-Walker. A woman caught in the dying world of humanity's future. Will she be able to escape the slow decay of her artificial home? And more important still, can the rest of mankind be saved? She must uncover the lost knowledge of the origins of man, so that she might find a future for us all. If she cannot then the last great haven of the human race will die a slow death under the glare of an increasingly hostile sun.

• Language: English
• Publisher: F. G. King
• Release date: Jan 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311171818

F. G. King

I am a writer who is attending Mansfield University. For the past ten years I have been working on the craft of writing and am expanding my professional writing portfolio. I am working on two separate novels that are nearing completion.

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Chapter 1

The land was dry and steely patches of the ground glinted back the dull red light of the rising sun. Stone pillars leaned against one another or lay half-buried in the dust. The vague forms of what had once been homes were strewn amongst the tall concrete spires. A rail-walker stood up from under a layer of the rust-red dust. She untied the hood that came all the way down over her face and pulled back the cloth to reveal only her golden hazel eyes. The rest of her face was wrapped in a second layer of tattered cloth, guarding her mouth and nose. She looked out at where the sun rose from the edge of topsky. The bloody light washed the whole of the world in a hue of doomsday fire.

The rail-walker stooped down and ran one of her gloved hands through the abrasive powder. The dust fell