If Not Us
Life Goes On 4
Surviving the Evacuation
Frank Tayell
Reading Order & Copyright
If not now, when? If not us, who?
Surviving the Evacuation: If Not Us
Life Goes On, Book 4
Published by Frank Tayell
Copyright 2021
All rights reserved
All people, places, and (most) events are fictional.
Post-Apocalyptic Detective Novels
Work. Rest. Repeat.
Strike a Match 1. Serious Crimes
Strike a Match 2. Counterfeit Conspiracy
Strike a Match 3. Endangered Nation
Surviving The Evacuation / Here We Stand / Life Goes On
Book 1: London
Book 2: Wasteland
Zombies vs The Living Dead
Book 3: Family
Book 4: Unsafe Haven
Book 5: Reunion
Book 6: Harvest
Book 7: Home
Here We Stand 1: Infected
Here We Stand 2: Divided
Book 8: Anglesey
Book 9: Ireland
Book 10: The Last Candidate
Book 11: Search and Rescue
Book 12: Britain’s End
Book 13: Future’s Beginning
Book 14: Mort Vivant
Book 15: Where There’s Hope
Book 16: Unwanted Visitors, Unwelcome Guests
Life Goes On 1: Outback Outbreak
Life Goes On 2: No More News
Life Goes On 3: While the Lights Are On
Book 17: There We Stood
Life Goes On 4: If Not Us
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Synopsis
If not us, who? If not now, when?
As the much-depleted United Nations meets in Canberra, the scale of the global catastrophe becomes clear. The tsunami left Brisbane a flooded ruin. Vanuatu has disappeared. The Madagascan evacuation has failed. Vancouver has been reduced to a radioactive crater. For as far west as Mozambique, as far to the east as Chile, and as far north as Canada, the world is a catalogue of devastation. From the Atlantic, there has been no news since the early days of the outbreak, four weeks ago.
With the satellite networks down, searching for survivors is difficult. With the relief fleets destroyed, rescue is impossible. While the fallout is still settling, the collective minds of the refugees in Australia focus on rebuilding as a distraction from the rising risk of radiation and extinction.
Commissioner Tess Qwong has a different duty. She must find those responsible for this ultimate crime against humanity. Her investigation into the failed coup provides the identity of those behind the outbreak and the location of their lab.
With her misfit group of Special Forces and civilian conscripts, she heads to Mozambique. There, a New Zealand frigate will take them on into the unknown dangers of the Atlantic. But while they hunt the radioactive seas for the war criminals, below the waves their enemy is hunting for them.
From Perth to Panama, from South Africa to South America, from paradise islands to radioactive wastelands, the battle against extinction continues.
Table of Contents
The Investigation So Far
Part 1: Evacuation
14th March
Chapter 1 - While the Lights Are On
Chapter 2 - No Ball Games in the Garage
Chapter 3 - A New Parliament
Chapter 4 - Family Loyalties
15th March
Chapter 5 - The Taste of a Dollar
Chapter 6 - Out of the Fire, Into the Firing Line
Chapter 7 - Warriors
Chapter 8 - A Bridge Too Far
Chapter 9 - Almost Paradise
Chapter 10 - Waves of Death
16th March
Chapter 11 - Prayer for the Living
17th March
Chapter 12 - The Worst Workout
Part 2: A Copper Log
18th March
Chapter 13 - A Commissioner’s Diary
19th March
Chapter 14 - Daily Exercise
20th March
Chapter 15 - Radio Free England
21st March
Chapter 16 - Sherlock Holmes
Part 3: Forgotten Lessons from Not So Long Ago
22nd March
Chapter 17 - The Cape of Lost Hope
Chapter 18 - Too Old for Toys
Chapter 19 - Rooftop Safari
Chapter 20 - Nitro Express
Chapter 21 - Never Leave the Living With Regret
23rd March
Chapter 22 - At Sea, On Land
Chapter 23 - The Crazy Things We Do For Our Kids
Chapter 24 - News From Above
Part 4: The Point of No Return
24th March
Chapter 25 - Other Rooftops
Chapter 26 - The Courageous
26th March
Chapter 27 - Brace for Impact
27th March
Chapter 28 - Axe and Stone
28th March
Chapter 29 - An Old Type of New Sail
29th March
Chapter 30 - Simmer and Fizz
30th March
Chapter 31 - A Joke of a Ship
31st March
Chapter 32 - America
Part 5: Two Sisters, One Brother
1st April
Chapter 33 - Bienvenue à la Belle France
2nd April
Chapter 34 - Evidence at Sea
3rd April
Chapter 35 - Tomorrow’s Battle
4th April
Chapter 36 - A Desert Rose
Chapter 37 - Solar Panels Underground
Chapter 38 - Atropine for the Soul
5th April
Chapter 39 - Two out of Thirty Minutes
6th April
Chapter 40 - A Ship, a Plan, a Canal: Panama?
7th April
Chapter 41 - Pirates of the Caribbean
Chapter 42 - Catching a Shark
Chapter 43 - Pursue and Ye Shall Find
Chapter 44 - A Long Way From the Outback
Epilogue - Do You?
Part 1
Evacuation
Australia and Africa
The Investigation So Far
Canberra International Airport, Australia
Canberra’s first-class lounge echoed with a metallic, and occasionally wooden, clatter as four Australian conscripts opened travel-worn crates of AKM assault rifles: Clyde Brook, a soldier turned aid-worker; Teegan Toppley, a retired gunrunner still technically serving a four-year sentence; Bianca Clague, a former socialite who still wore her jewels; and Elaina Slater, a primary school teacher who’d volunteered as a soldier to keep her pupils safe.
“Even I know you shouldn’t store guns in sand,” Bianca said.
“These weren’t stored,” Teegan Toppley said. “They were hidden. Probably on a beach, with the location recorded on an X-marks-the-spot treasure map.”
“Oh, c’mon, Teegan,” Elaina said. “There’s only one time in history where X ever really marked the
