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    Undead Genesis: Zombie
    Undead Genesis: Zombie
    Undead Genesis: Zombie
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    Undead Genesis: Zombie

    By Colten Steele

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    Deep in the rainforests of Brazil a young boy from a remote tribe watches as his father is murdered. His desire for vengeance causes him to make a decision that could eventually unleash an undead epidemic upon the civilized world. Undiscovered species and mystic powers merge to create a new threat mankind could never fully prepare for.

    The boy's own survival depends on his ability to outrun the relentless pursuit of his own creation.

    Cover art for this story was created by Dale Neal and is his property. I am just borrowing it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColten Steele
    Release dateJul 9, 2014
    ISBN9781311055323
    Undead Genesis: Zombie
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    Colten Steele

    I grew up in Ohio, but have lived in Georgia over 25 years. I work as a computer programmer. Please see my interview for more about me.I write under a pen name. I had distant relative who fought in the civil war with the last name of Steele and thought it was a cool name. My wife chose the name Colten.

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      Undead Genesis - Colten Steele

      Undead Genesis: Zombie

      Epidemic Origin

      Published by Colten Steele - ColtenSteele.author@gmail.com

      Copyright 2014 Colten Steele

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      Before you read…

      This is the second short story in my Zombie series. While it is fine to read this book first, I would recommend reading Zombie Threat: The Undead Arise before delving into this one. It is available at most online bookstores.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter I – Arise

      Chapter II – Above All

      Chapter III – Who Am I

      Chapter IV – No Turning Back

      Chapter V – White Flag

      Chapter VI – Can Only Imagine

      Chapter VII – Lay Me Down

      Chapter VIII – 10,000 Reasons

      Chapter IX – Revelation

      Chapter X – White Flag

      Chapter XI – How Great

      Chapter XII – Redeemed

      Chapter XIII – Awake my Soul

      Chapter XIV – Never Let Go

      Chapter XV – Save Me

      Chapter XVI – East to West

      Chapter XVII – Open the Eyes

      Chapter XVIII – Waiting Here For You

      Epilogue

      Author Notes

      ~ Chapter I ~

      Marik slowly woke before the darkness started to surrender to the coming day. He had been taught from his earliest days to wake up just before sunrise for the express purpose of experiencing the marvelous arrival of this day. He carefully stretched each sore limb, one at a time, after an uncomfortable night curled into a tight ball like an unborn fetus. His handmade vine hammock was attached precariously to the tree trunk above him. Both ends of the hammock were wrapped around a wooden peg placed in a single diagonal shallow groove cut into the tree. The boy’s cocoon of vines gently twisted and creaked loudly with each subtle movement.

      The night sky slowly lightened. With his small fingers Marik widened a gap in the vine mesh and admired the horizon as it gradually turned from light rose, into an alluring pink, and finally into the dazzling orange of daybreak. From his vantage over one hundred fifty feet in the air there was no ground to be seen, only the rolling green of the rain forest canopy below. A few feet above him the lowest limbs of a sacred cotton tree spread over him like a monstrous hand reaching across the brightening sky.

      Marik was just over thirteen years old. This was the third time he had seen the sunrise from above the canopy, and he knew there was a chance he may never see it again. He had been born and raised below, in a world covered by the jungle where direct light only penetrated when the sun was overhead. His close knit nomadic tribe never ventured out of the jungle’s safety, and only this sacred ritual from the tops of cotton trees gave a member of the tribe an excuse to see the sunrise. If he was able to complete this portion of his rite of passage into manhood today, he may never get an opportunity to see the sunrise again.

      The boy had been carefully scaling this particular tree for the last five days. Each step required a shallow notch to be cautiously cut into the trunk of the tree with a sharpened stone wedge and heavy rock tipped hammer. A long narrow step was then inserted into the notch giving Marik enough room to fit both feet and move up the tree. Previous attempts at scaling this cotton tree by his ancestors had left frequent puckered scars in the outer bark over the decades.

      Looking down, Marik could see hundreds of these flat steps in a meandering line, each one meticulously created by his own hands over the last couple of years. He was only strong enough to carry six of these platforms at a time upon his back, so he repeatedly and carefully descended the steps again to retrieve more.

      He had reached the top of the previous two trees and found the first of the sacred ingredients, the ransi flower. A pouch full of these beautiful, but poisonous, red flowers had been carefully collected and was presently hidden below with his meager gear deep in the crevice of a nearby tree. However, there was no trace of the final hallowed component he was required to retrieve in either of the first

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