First Wave

by J.T. Sawyer · 2014

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Special Forces veteran Travis Combs just wanted to forget his weary years of leading combat missions while taking an extended rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.

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As he and his group complete a 22-day trip on the Colorado River, they find the world has unraveled from a deadly pandemic.

Now, he has to show his small band how to live off the land and cross the rugged Arizona desert, while evading blood-drinking zombies, gangs of cartel bikers, and a rogue government agency.

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zombiezombieMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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survivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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