The Emissary: Journey: Horsewomen of the Zombie Apocalypse, #1

By K. A. Jordan

Not all women are helpless Zombie-bait. The daughters of Clan McLeod are armed with bows, and mounted on swift horses, they ride like Huns, sweeping across a world in ruins. 

 

Bethany McLeod is the Emissary, uniting the scattered survivors of the zombie apocalypse in an alliance to save the human race.

 

When Clan Davidson calls for help, Clan McLeod answers. Bethany McLeod leads her sisters Alexis, Dani and Julie on a hundred mile horseback journey to Fort Chatten, Kentucky to help the Davidsons Clan.

 

Militia, marauders, and madmen abound, the living dead swarm the land like locusts, eating everything in their path.

 

Can four young women and six horses survive the one hundred mile journey to Fort Chatten?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Icy Road Publishing
• Release date: Oct 11, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386964186

K. A. Jordan

K. A. Jordan was a refugee from the Rust Belt who escaped to the Blue Grass Kentucky in 1992. She writes and blogs from 'Jordan's Croft' a small farm where she lives with her husband, three horses, three dogs and a herd of alpacas. She says of her writing: "There are no 'ripped bodices' in my novels, but you will find charming criminals, wounded heroes, mad artists and the occasional haunted motorcycle." Her debute novel "Let's Do Lunch" spent 10 weeks on the Amazon UK Romantic Suspence Best Sellers list, peaking at #3, in December 2011. She followed that success with "Swallow the Moon" and "Horsewomen of the Zombie Apocalypse."  She holds a degree in Applied Science, spins her own yarn, gardens and can often be found on the back of her husband's Suzuki M109 motorcycle.

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The Emissary - Journey

Horsewomen of the Zombie Apocalypse I

By K. A. Jordan

Not all women are helpless Zombie-bait.

Bethany McLeod is the Emissary, uniting the scattered survivors of the zombie apocalypse in an alliance to save the human race.

When Clan Davidson calls for help, only Clan McLeod answers. Bethany McLeod leads her sisters Alexis, Dani and Julie on a horseback journey to Fort Chatten, Kentucky to cement the alliance with the Davidsons. The daughters of Clan McLeod, armed with bows, ride like Huns, sweeping across a world in ruins.

Militia, marauders, and madmen abound. Above all the living dead stalk the land like locusts, eating everything in their path. Can four women and six horses survive the journey to Fort Chatten?

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The Emissary - Journey

Horsewomen of the Zombie Apocalypse - Book 1

By K. A. Jordan

Published by Icy Road Publishing

This is a work of fiction. These characters are products of the author's imagination, (except for the horses), any resemblance to actual people is entirely coincidental. The names of the horses have been changed, and they can't read, so they get paid in carrots and clean stalls.

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Prologue I

The meteor was discovered by a couple honeymooning at the Gulf of California, December 21, 2012. It was as large as a softball, round, and light for its size. They brought it home to Mexico City and sold it to an amateur collector. It was the prize of his rock collection until he died, then his heirs threw out the rock collection.

The meteor got stuck in the garbage truck mechanism and jammed it so thoroughly that three guys needed a sledgehammer to break it into pieces.

The next morning, all three men were dragged to the hospital, raving, biting, and foaming at the mouth.

It was already too late for the human race.

The infected, dubbed the muertos vivientes — walking dead — spread the infection from Mexico City to the rest of the Americas. Los Angeles, California and Phoenix, Arizona went up in flames before they became cities of muerto.

In one summer, the infection took out fifty percent of the population of North America. When winter came, another thirty percent died from lack of electricity, clean water, and imported food.

Those who survived were scattered in rural areas or isolated pockets, the rural poor, small farmers, survivalists, militias, and ruthless marauders who preyed on everyone else.

In the spring of Year Three, on the edge of the Daniel Boone National Forest, a network of families communicated via ham radio. Clan McLeod offered to send a trained healer to clan Davidson. Twenty-year-old Alexis McLeod is a healer. Eighteen-year-old Beth and younger sisters, Dani and Julie, offered to go with her on the dangerous journey to the Davidson compound.

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It was just before dawn at Dunvegan castle. Ken McLeod checked the weight of the horse's panniers before handing them off to his dark-haired daughter, Julie. He watched her load the panniers onto the pack horse. Julie, only fourteen, was his youngest daughter, and off on her first long trip with her sisters. He doubled-checked all her weapons: the short horseman's bow, two quivers of arrows, the semi-automatic pistol strapped to her belt, and the Winchester rifle strapped to her saddle bags.

He nodded his approval before he gave her a kiss farewell. Julie was the quiet one. She preferred the company of pets to that of her rough-and-tumble sister Dani.

Be careful, he said. Stay close to Dani.

I will. She smiled up at him. Her dark hair was neatly braided in pig-tails, and her hazel eyes flashed with excitement.

He walked over to Dani and her loaded up pack horse. The ends of her red hair were already escaping her braid. At sixteen, Dani was lean, light on her feet, and had a redhead's quick temper.

He gave her weapons a cursory inspection as well.

Listen to Beth. And look out for Julie. Don't go chasing game when you're supposed to be on guard duty.

She laughed and threw her arms around him. She was eager to start, like a young racehorse at the gate.

I promise. Her brown eyes laughed at him.

Ken walked over to Bethany. She was giving the map a last look before they left. Tall, blonde, and lean from a life in the saddle, Bethany looked older than eighteen. She was the fiercest fighter of the four sisters, yet she brought home a steady stream of orphans and refugees. He counted on Beth to make friends everywhere she went.

The McLeod clan needs allies, he said as he hugged her. I'm counting on you to be our emissary.

I will, Beth promised, smiling. I'll try not to bring home any strays.

Your brother-in-law will appreciate that, he teased before kissing her forehead. He turned to see Alexis watching them with a confident smile.

Blond and hazel-eyed like Beth, twenty-year-old Alexis was as eager to leave Dunvegan as Dani was. Alexis had harbored a crush on Tyler Davidson since she was Julie's age. Ken worried, as fathers do, that Tyler wouldn't