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Reckoning

(2026)
(Book 18 in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series)
A novel by

 
 
"A gut-wrenching, hard hitting series that will leave you breathless." John O'Brien – Best-selling author of the New World series

"Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre." Mark Tufo – Best-selling author of the Zombie Fallout series

SURVIVING THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: RECKONING (Book 18)

Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services
102,000 words

When word reaches New District that dozens of innocent civilian workers have come under attack by unknown forces on a remote stretch of I-70 east of Denver, Colorado, Army Captain Cade Grayson and his Pale Riders Team are part of the quick reaction force dispatched to investigate.
Arriving at a crime scene nearly impossible to comprehend—a long stretch of highway dotted with bullet-riddled vehicles and running red with the blood of fellow Americans—Cade quickly learns the atrocity is the byproduct of an action his daughter, Raven, was forced to take weeks ago while he and his team were conducting a mission deep inside mainland China. Raven’s action inadvertently stole from the former mayor of Denver, a man already prone to violence, the one thing most dear to him: his only daughter.
When planted explosives meant to kill Raven instead severely maim a friend of Cade’s and nearly kill the Grayson family’s dog, Max, a manhunt is mounted for those responsible.
Having already agreed to a mandatory standdown to decompress from the massacre he and his team witnessed on I-70 in rural Colorado, Cade is aware that circling the wagons and waiting for another attack not only risks other innocents inadvertently stumbling into harm’s way, but it also gives the enemy time to sneak more insurgents into New District.
With the attackers’ whereabouts still unknown, and the possibility of another attempt on Raven’s life not a question of if, but when, a sighting in New District leads to an encounter with players who may know who ordered the hit and where they can be found.
Finally acquiring intel solid enough to justify an off-the-books mission to deliver a reckoning to those responsible for the recent surge of violence, can Cade convince his brothers in arms to join him?
Meanwhile, another New District survivor strikes out on his own fact-finding mission, only to have fate reconnect him with someone he thought was lost forever. The chance encounter comes with an offer that threatens to derail his original quest.
In the end, which will he choose? The once-in-a-lifetime offer, or the investigation that may save lives back in New District?
Can Raven find a way to rectify this disaster of her own making?
Do our old friends still have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse?
Come along and find out!



Genre: Horror



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