Green Fields (Book 3): Escalation (46 page)

“We have excellent mechanics here, too,” she promised. “I’ll get back to you with a course in an hour or two. Morning’s always busy with everyone checking in to make sure that no one’s fallen off the grid. You can listen in if you switch to our secondary frequency. Should be in your notes that you got with the radio. Or you can switch to frequency three, that’s just music, all day long. We provide whatever keeps you awake and alert on the road.”

I thanked her before I handed the mic back to Nate—who promptly turned the entire thing off and unplugged it.

“Let’s wait another week or so until we get swept up in that chaos, okay?” he proposed.

“Fine with me,” I agreed. “I have everything I need right here.”

He gave me a rather dirty grin for that, making me shorten my estimate until I needed a break by a good hour or two.

“Well, then, let’s roll, shall we? Your choice—left or right?”

“I think I’m feeling like left today,” I said, easing the car onto the north-bound direction of the road, with Burns falling in behind me at a good five car lengths’ distance.

“If you ask me, everything is right today,” he replied, laughing when I made a face. “You think you’re the only one who can make bad jokes? Wait until you hear this one. I’ve had two weeks to perfect it, so it should be flawless.”

I almost wished that we were back to the silence that had hung over the car for what felt like forever, but kept my mouth shut. And laughed, because while the joke was insanely zany and bad, Nate was right.

Everything was right with the world today. At least with my little slice of it.

To be continued in
Green Fields #4 - Extinction

(Coming Spring 2016)

About the Author
 

Adrienne Lecter has a background in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, loves ranting at inaccuracies in movies, and spends increasingly more time on the shooting range. She lives with the man and two cats of her life in Vienna, Austria and is working on the next books in the Green Fields series.

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Books published

Green Fields

#1: Incubation

#2: Outbreak

#3: Escalation

#4: Extinction (Spring 2016)

Books #5 & #6 (Summer 2016)

Acknowledgement

Third time’s the charm, they say. I hope that you had a great time reading this novel because I had a blast writing it.

We’re halfway through the series now. Yes, you read that right, there are six books altogether planned. There may be some cliffhangers looming ahead but I’m dedicated to getting the books to you as quickly as possible, so don’t worry. Except for the characters.

What I love the most about dystopian and post-apocalyptic scenarios is how they deal with the survivors and the hard choices that they are facing. Do they try to rebuild society? Are they erecting a new world order? Is what comes later based on freedom or oppression? Can one exist without the other?
 

Then again, I do enjoy a good fight scene, so this series will certainly not become too philosophical. I wouldn’t have given one of my main characters a shotgun if that had been the plan.
 

So buckle in and tighten your seat belts because the ride from here on out will be fast and quite bumpy.

As always, I have my share of people to thank. Foremost, the guy in my life. We would die so damn quickly if the zombie apocalypse happened today, but at least we’d do it together. Shayla and Jaana for still being my friends after pre-reading this novel for me. My editor and cover designer—without them this novel wouldn’t be as great and appealing as it is. And you, dear reader, for hanging in there with me.

Thank you!

Hey, you! Yes, you, who just spent a helluva lot of time reading this book! You just made my day! Thanks!

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