Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Into Ruin
    Into Ruin
    Into Ruin
    Ebook319 pages4 hours

    Into Ruin

    By Ella Hiraoka

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Years after a zombie plague wipes out most of humanity, the few people left are trying to rebuild society. Layla Owens is a hot headed, high ranking official, suffering from the demons of her choices. Can she overcome them in order to save herself and her people?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMay 24, 2015
    ISBN9781329147959
    Into Ruin

    Related to Into Ruin

    Related ebooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Orphan’s Dilemma

      Aug 10, 2021

      In a few minutes they’re going to say, “It’s your turn, Harold.” He will face Ms. Wickham with her thick black frames and smiling, slightly bugeyed look, the question more in her eyes than on her lips because he already knows what that question is. H

      11 min read

    • Article

      A Symposium On The Mysterious

      Sep 1, 2023

      A Symposium On The Mysterious
      24 min read

    • Article

      Grandma Ruth’s UP Truck Stop

      May 10, 2021

      Rachel’s last semester at the University of Michigan would have been easy if not for the news that reached her six weeks before her final exams. It wasn’t a phone call—the phone lines were still down from the most recent blizzard to hit Paradise, she

      28 min read

    • Article

      Two-Percenters

      Mar 10, 2022

      Reginah stared at the crystal vial her friend Twylea had laid on her desk. A gentle light bloomed within the desk’s frosty surface, illuminating the liquid sealed in the vial in shades of lavender. “Go on,” she prompted. Twylea could be annoyingly sl

      14 min read

    • Article

      Heatstroke

      Jun 8, 2020

      Languid. The word that formed in Rachel’s mind was languid. The figure on the lawn was languid. Its limbs were loose, its joints fluid. Its hands and feet seemed too heavy for the bones that held them. It was draped over the sun lounger, dripping fro

      5 min read

    • Article

      Discarded Wraith Of Apartheid

      Apr 13, 2024

      It’s been years since I read a book that strained the Likability Principle as viscerally as Karen Jennings’ new book, Crooked Seeds. Her previous novel, An Island, was longlisted for the Booker Prize, but I fear the more I tell you about Crooked Seed

      2 min read

    • Article

      A New Beginning

      Mar 25, 2022

      A New Beginning
      5 min read

    • Article

      Helen

      Jun 5, 2023

      She was a friend of my family—the Carlins, as I have chosen to call them. She and my father met in the fifties through the editor of the architecture magazine where she began her career. My father had taken her out a few times. They were never lovers

      30 min read

    • Article

      Judges

      Mar 10, 2024

      The doctors assured me the shrapnel in my leg would do no further harm if they “let sleeping dogs lie,” or at least less harm than trying to take it out would cause. “Hey,” I asked them. “What if it decides to cut its way out all on its own?” My grea

      12 min read

    • Article

      Pneumadectomy

      Jan 10, 2022

      Rolly stood for a few minutes in the shade of the large oak, just out of sight of the boys gathered on the dry shaven green of the bowls club. All aged around eleven like himself, they were dividing up their meager numbers for a game of soccer, knowi

      10 min read

    • Article

      The Bridle

      Oct 10, 2021

      Saliva pooled on her tongue beneath the rusty depressor. She endured a constant urge to swallow, afraid of choking on her own fluids. The taste of metal and blood are so akin, it is easy to mistake one for the other. This early in the day, blood was

      11 min read

    • Article

      Announcing The winners Of Our FLASH CONTEST

      Feb 29, 2020

      I sever the first two fingers of my left hand on a Tuesday. They fall to the ground at my feet, causing a momentary confusion as I wonder what tree has dropped this odd fruit. Then I see the crescent scar left behind by a fish hook and know that thes

      8 min read

    • Article

      Left To Lose

      Jul 10, 2022

      Around the time she gives up her name, it starts to feel like this entire revolution isn’t worth it anymore. The world is probably lucky that Kelian—she still remembers Kelian, in spite of everything—is there to pick up the pieces, the way he always

      11 min read

    • Article

      The Scars We Bare

      Apr 13, 2020

      The Scars We Bare
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Redacted

      Mar 31, 2020

      The Redacted
      11 min read

    • Article

      Excerpt: 'The Last Thing You Surrender'

      Feb 10, 2019

      In this abridged excerpt from "The Last Thing You Surrender" by columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr., elements of the all-black 761st Tank Battalion make a grisly discovery and Pvt. Luther Hayes, whose parents were murdered before his eyes by a white mob whe

      3 min read

    • Article

      100-WORD-STORY COMPETITION Winners

      Aug 16, 2022

      We’ve been delighted by the huge response to our 100-word-story competition. The entries have flooded in thick and fast during the past few months, but while we’ve enjoyed reading every story, only a few can come out on top! You, our readers, voted t

      5 min read

    • Article

      Holy Night

      Nov 10, 2022

      Ida Kowalska cracked open her right eye, and quickly surveying the vicinity, she deduced they had a few minutes before the kapo and guards summoned them to morning roll call. Opening her other eye, she crawled out of the lower bunk that she shared wi

      22 min read

    • Article

      Then the Birds Began to Die

      Jul 22, 2021

      Then the Birds Began to Die
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Empathery

      Oct 10, 2022

      Losi came home from school with a body from the Empathery. Carol stood in the kitchen making lasagna. The garage door slammed, and she wiped a strand of hair off her forehead with the back of her wrist. She listened to her children kicking off their

      17 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Into Ruin

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Into Ruin - Ella Hiraoka

      hF`book_preview_excerpt.html}][q  2#Cg n/i~y /+qYBߡ#,k@*'_qrǯe]7e_eǯ߼o*o㗾s՗av򛗿>sTwmn|Su ſ 8zzUݺՋSj M:4~XdWKi^~tҎgzw85F(]cwO}5ܫG;7ԲXWUa]ጕCu\c|;v!=6vU[u'߅w!\"%zF?T^=Й[<oUN׸z5/.q 6Xiyyy :w a.nϡv{R[8ʝ3>}Z &J</Y G~uK49,>o\&{G?O顿9. ds+졯ݰ  lJzjfɳr[M~;w^=VPWcn"q?N<ގUwaP (R/:<.HOem8_Tgq{/X_'<㳽Mz'걗I>薪:^[,P'7j@ݰ6p7Jy,=PhZy(o?aU<ЅXW>f 5 \[}wOx0}B̄|4!1E {n.*QWVDPf{c&Y8 Ke`h~/@68¦N+V)ekB {%~N.m(بr{ ~=FR9|WؖكLP{u = ~L "fƳh_$o?'ߓ E7 D8i,S3XļdkI OĖ NX@jWaqN eDqX;̴t~u g{hi Li௡~W: x|(S7 YҊD:Q95U>86a 7j$w]P,y~3_ak/ JDž`_@igF g:C:3LvNW@\iwSZYF'P vCe?K? ljBVTuſg+.(Rr(3 9{a nJU0φN*E@d\f%(D̼l 7Tk/]T磫/rz;8@Ge*y݁QU&k6E&Tܩu[+1rБ=Gx`jIP=/GYi!lL'Ԅ歉~=eh7 ;COB [)-G>e5{+9(YhqӢ,仏6 ֋-]EGgZ;'EZwWa=9]}zsB^kћoh!qv=j%Tᧃ g"ja X}~RllG)<|LIhSa)psvdbrT .,) &bdp˭UJX0'|'(RYP;2Ј9:mSC@N/cpDV*&Ԁ_-"O(4. =na*ltU3qO]Mg\8=k:wqmpf=~gNה6 uPa_1PǑ<0ئPowe My㯮qp7 ; "P2?ɇp*C!=Qb0 [ձ"jR!}kXD,X#>@7$Җ+c#GCS Z+Bs SFVoE>qțuRh᥆Dj*KӾ= 4~2T1= B@O՜^ ԮAٰUTmv ͦ? v_iIQtn=,y3.f~ @Lvmo" У%9գ P7c/i8pvY§귓рN%)<|B[G%;BPlbwxPK<߶i{.z *'} ۻA-;?,jE7k j8c_}sv][-~Z*bbn "hP*7-,wp׈M"l ?|U  =u=zpPP0y""~Y@ M)0d/|چ푘X-dbjM),b&UrL ňAΡ  bKDQ!w؏L^,n{I&,mphP69B`&ͬ7;L( p!-1ڿi/sizq=UGԹ [8ҔÄ S*fUtt(%CC9D R u1<΀BXh1r7AټD4aܗaG({ Ҵ٠ܵfiDGuBw(d!9 x8Ԟ>Pl* UNŗd29&4pBlxDZ{>Z "CNY"8:oz=-4&.mo̫e)Cf4ӱ̌DZf`%{f4֬{|%ZJ)2-⒲me'^kgVt?uzdE}x% 3tM8;%`#̳agbfBc%jj ;ݏ4`URW#'AOHWuC&ɶ?EU9&ssE겥9h_Ve>;DPEe  Q~ n~*ƴ8\-yΟ9 Y` '5F0r-wϳr`$ O?ZADɸMMxK:K":1 EV-X\oAxuҚ%0L ϙA9] d >@MDΊeh9u0᳘ {) fA577^AX:9\%dFJk'ٸ T0 jƒC3PlS^INKX&4>AJ-oIh:d)8r֒EMH H!5s$eÍ&o$V C c8Wu_B6Z R"%X/GL!fr+iQ$Kxwp 쾄T"pL! ^ L 9Jfr + nУm>!=`|'Oɯ^3RNlGR4jV X ̅.i|PWXDqXbP%c'n0ok!7lXHi}is(YQ28pc-u2nəf ӛuB3Y^H^\u07*Izɋ,J BB⁇nȵ6 JuNr8( buK |=*'B'Hx9 Q fmșxrq.H ا3Q}څ:39%{}Cb%7FhAkDlpYS )eH?+ހbaG*O~sx~w^ٍzE c_eA6;skں5 A~X=!Ⱥ$r7x9ÃaD$HRIŧecfyʔ G.D`u@#ȷ '?QMNc( g!||ji,΁ KQh[w9WAyġ|FQ|::,h]lVdJ놺E)Ӄ D1 {GK@5U.7 }M8䍱א+ GIZ$g 3pȉ?@cYi2f$4PlLu̡aX|VDNc Kwˋ=.>utj⑙,sH'qcWd%mPo5J;8MT䜖)Jks7ҩC#fH|>ܫbyi JZ9 oD5̂]&,Ezs[/)%:@Ԣ,V4z8$6s]5QBPW) !fɊKwqyoߏ^4M?G*knԧ2-kx,?3]X3/3V=MB@ٝ ipːBd-:ulX.=8LkX8*zƔ(7((!-*|X5=ubOIkkhA`uL!gn1v&[ D9v8*t(6CYI%U!;xP0q,iE<Ⱦ8Ҕ61@9[[m\E"?8ď'oO~n-1%yXi~Qlw8{#"NGKXCNs]" &=UIS%)Kt dT%sN='mqwFRJhkì ^M35-Ĥn)]$1fؘ3z"ŞROΰ}Dex&'n) $0b׷;0ȗ~쐯Bn]!-VDǮ8G8 8-ce7.K7FKRJovNLŚ:ثt%F#LlJ,FK/@ZyRfx|5Eut*7KM&!fH$k4xHM}~ `qڼI7щq=]MXPC%?DYpF4I<8| u1W8sH1b+Yxao~βIМUL75>%3MB|Ei2㦹k(IMA+Spk,bZ9#pG! ^f*O ބ=/ 0Oca zhvSlma&]lc%&-T?u`E,2o@n(}l{ }|.iI`KXģNat$КdVR"T9MXEڿQҟ(aϸ5g4d¸gM ڡQ@v-u`>hؑygdk~D hv(K8{gk!.5t즩 &8lz¤o[ &tช}&F7^3M(pA*OVBN)S,yF :ܷ$Ù/%9}jqը^ia r$Q5: t jpqI@US []e_EW@ vC Ѣd~EFgh1yr*'Kݫ[Wy "eĔ*%F@E1n. ;A=iè[k=1wq:!;e ReeśM3z B@"KeFua#l8s'5ɲSeœ\nrnQ|8#G]Uħ9m|./%o(#8w ܹb%Hñ-*J7d;WU/y:H&+nnj8$Tw? X!VIIa}%e` (q8P"zְwM-݋) 'S ?)E̘-sLnA$H6ML#@ά4X6h]p ySQ$KBYgvM1d:=}9g0}qY07 J/vHh+ QǨhDNA;,B"ůwJSOSsl\:^E;EfRF[Ah)'s$\u~ZժഐbzSd^p%P)[NAbRQ7:}kdajC/B76HV+[.#[P@e[2*lN"C+Nq'ơ W7Y7^p/ň}^7҉Y@5.sd)vQd^חΧª&o m%)l̘PgȦT#'D{ 57Kg*O*O= yUgtFXq;E"@owrc6gnjwZmÛRX(`[* 5!ll؃gNDsQKSL]YtL\J~ C RTAtOixtI]'_Y+I| H{<X0:۔e4|-5'Q |!>a~/mi.;=;%?Ӽ}.j?(g;/2:`K*{7Z>4MK_-Iu|1' [ʀ* ?sXv(W4ߒV!b52Xܨ z ÓCFjfTh}"T:$F%H&^5=%xkntxcUkC[ s=.Iö 5%6Cl!Ҡz,Zkpe 3E0IJ¼mvC;Dv; G|U-ҤXbҿ,52/ibY{ܥA-l}R'unyxo] 0;pEvTshHT1~힢\\<e|=lL@{(Z\DȀ?$dG('eXE7vMWz655Og=)+𚰏hro8tP7!zjwڭc-tTFbY&hHTȗPbNҌ98^N墵hI-dvsCKl Hy]U@r6J^XKT{h$S[өrILH8Kv"`S@\fDe l%%&1"ی%%{\ER2v0K^?8܀uO)%w҉*܌Ls,֤ qwR(nɡ] m$+:B: ;^nVXsVA3pd![!}Qk-.,TgM?8S!2eFrűˋ>f1RR7z3y氨E?$xc(BF5 &un:ΉZ`v:%e-Q%V4N1ǰ5Z69k|*T3yxWڜӡ".66]I뤎u~[0)J0 ܐtΐ#!Z[zƔ\* : Jm̊E8dtfPbNi.dm,syXBVf910g4CVGD4@S^ 2_rm>]oPq3!46,G󟻾۵$cy ;C"b)aTI5y4I7,,D!Ӈ 0j߷g.6paQ(ο~69]UIЗ3Q>,AE̔O9q(AvG2[1aw>(a.^Pҙ%yFje=(1cO%F=hHV9RF8mG'iĨF2SsjI2'ې(sTFNI۫#f ;?=cNp-0]<:I/yupѝ҅\H7N{ԙ\ByȈs$;I%LA2oul@r- dC/['Ƕ鿢aJi(:"Ӽ-v+BoZ2M|3zF-g,oFay %>^Rf/S;]yYK}U05۵)m !Gd0HiNDz.rf鵍h'W\튁HrIQ@/f*-&@ˮl5 'G0.u[<{ 6GkM}>0敓3x6y|=غe mUjVۜ/_}Ri :lW2x7.cj՞'(z,ڟatmChu(,~tWyE;SK_b+6{Q8(^ 88׋$Pꔺ%VeoyY۳6GdqIJR^|T/C8U:`ty1*~:QDYv(@8zHH/ۏ(Zov ^P 11hGsH?8ȳWJDuoqr HBmXE:uXvH,k.0h}QG,YT`VwEgbVk҆p mu1k\VN 8^WYƼ[2K]I yygv4S%Զ_ּ΀(t[/M kjigD)m,&/Xzrb.}`dlqߤ<|E57$A{NM P{ܮYS;ݺ =Ti&$4Ul>%F@LB<_!Vo'09F80hR gV-MK43j]kj[R0ϳ j\d6e[pjY~UJbP@8na7y`KI7b,nRî9my X0/qsTm6"hڀxjjħ7Rgqj1!ϵ"Y#ݮ䟢?7 qGf=aJd
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1