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The large flat screen mounted to the wall displayed all of the carnage taking place up and down the West Coast. People running rampant in the streets, fires burning out of control, planes falling from the skies, emergency services shut down, the West Coast was in ruins.
The talking heads were doing their best to keep up with the horrible accounts. “From Vancouver Island to Baja, California, the number of people infected with the blood borne pathogen now called the ‘rage virus’ by internet bloggers and gamers has been estimated to have surpassed the thirty million mark—”
Click.
“Mexico has sealed its borders and the drug cartels have joined forces with—”
Click.
“South America is now feeling the full effects of the ‘rage virus’ as travelers from the north try in vain to escape—”
Click.
“The European Union has declared a state of emergency and suspended all air travel until—”
Click.
The screen went black as the tall gentleman sighed and rocked in his high-backed leather chair. With a sigh he set down the remote and poured another glass of scotch. A side door opened to the office and a man entered in a rumpled three-piece suit. “Sir? It’s time.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, sir.” He pulls a memo from a briefcase. “It’s official. The virus has spread across the country, sir. It’s not just on the West Coast any longer. The Eastern Seaboard is infected.”
“Good heavens,” the gentleman sighed as he set the scotch down.
“Mr. President, we need to get you to a secure location.”
“Is any place secure now?”
“Yes, sir. We have several,” the aid replied. “And we have an expert standing by to advise you on this epidemic, sir.”
“An expert? Who the hell could be an expert on something like this?”
“He’s a colonel from Fort Collins, sir. The military attaché for the CDC’s New Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Laboratory,” the aide said. “His name is Vickers.”
To Be Continued in “Return to Yellowstone”
Caldera The Series
For years, the biggest threat that Yellowstone was thought to offer was in the form of its semi-dormant super volcano. Little did anyone realize the threat was real and slowly working its way to the surface, but not in the form of magma. Lying deep within the bowels of the earth itself, an ancient virus waited.
Recently credited with the extinction of Neanderthal man, the virus erupts into a crowded Yellowstone. The park is packed with sight seers and party goers during a benefit concert who are all now fodder for the ancient rage virus.
Follow along as Park Rangers and local Sheriff’s find themselves overwhelmed with a park full of infected human cannibals.
Recently credited with wiping out the Neanderthals, an ancient virus is released within Yellowstone National Park and quickly spreads. A desperate plea for assistance reaches the military, but are they coming to help those battling for their lives or to wipe out every living thing in an effort to prevent a second mass extinction?
Follow along with a select group of individuals as they fight for survival. Can they avoid the infected? Can they evade the military called in to help? Can they trust each other?
Will humanity survive the raging cannibals that erupt from within?
Months after an ancient rage virus erupts from the depths of Yellowstone, survivors find themselves scattered. Clinging to life in clusters, hiding from the infected and scavenging from the remnants of humanity, life has evolved to mere survival.
The United States government has attempted to reestablish itself in the last safe place on earth…an offshore flotilla of naval vessels. The last of the CDC’s disease researchers work tirelessly to find a cure, but the virus keeps mutating. They need the original strain from Yellowstone.
Only one man knows the park well enough to escort the military to the source of the virus. Daniel Hatcher is called upon once more to face the threat of Yellowstone. Follow along as they try to survive ground zero.
Months after an ancient rage virus erupts from the depths of Yellowstone, survivors find themselves battling not only the infected, but each other. Predators prey on the weak and strength comes only in numbers.
Government researchers are working tirelessly to find a cure, but time is running out. Over 90% of the world’s population is dead or infected and the number climbs daily.
Follow a select group of survivors as they fight to carve out an existence while defending themselves from rage fueled cannibals and roving bands of marauders.
About the Author
Heath Stallcup was born in Salinas, California and relocated to Tupelo, Oklahoma in his tween years. He joined the US Navy and was stationed in Charleston, SC and Bangor, WA shortly after junior college. After his second tour he attended East Central University where he obtained BS degrees in Biology and Chemistry. He then served ten years with the State of Oklahoma as a Compliance and Enforcement Officer while moonlighting nights and weekends with his local Sheriff's Office. He still lives in the small township of Tupelo, Oklahoma with his wife and three of his seven children. He steals time to write between household duties, going to ballgames, being a grandfather to five and being the pet of numerous animals that have taken over his home. Visit him at heathstallcup.com or Facebook.com for news of his upcoming releases.
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