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  Narrowing my gaze, I chamber a round and aim my gun into the air. It is time to see if my suspicions are correct. The sounds of raspy moans and shuffling feet fills my ears as the last droplets of rain patter down on my face. I close my eyes and listen. For as long as I live I will never get used to their sound, to the potent scent that clings to their bodies. They will haunt my dreams till my final breath.

  I slowly open my eyes, staring one last time at the sun before I pull the trigger. The shot ricochets through the air, echoing off the concrete embankment that rises on either side of the highway, leading to the overpass less than a quarter of a mile ahead. Birds take flight, escaping the trees around me.

  The tide of rotting and tattered Withered Ones come to a complete, unified halt. Their faces tilt upward toward the sky. Silence reigns as they pause to search for the source of the sound.

  Numbness settles over me as I lower my shotgun and look to the road ahead. Thousands of Moaners stand motionless for the first time ever. I fight against the sense of hopelessness and despair, knowing the path before me will be dangerous. Gangs, desperate survivors, and the lack of food were bad enough. This will be far worse.

  The Withered Ones are evolving.

  The Withered Ones were never a threat before…but they are evolving.

  In 2015 a new enemy rises…

  RESURRECT

  Book II of the Withered Series

  A Special Thanks

  With every book, there is always a slew of people standing behind the author who help make the novel possible. I wish that I could name each person who helped to encourage me along the way, but there are just so many of you. So to my readers, thank you not only for your continued support but also for your faith in me as I jump to a new genre. You have rooted me on, sent me emails of encouragement on days when I needed it the most and I am grateful to you for it.

  A special thanks goes to my husband, Rick and my son, Landon. Without these two guys, none of this would even matter. They are my world and I love them dearly. Thank you for always thinking I'm the coolest author you know!

  I'd also like to give a special shout out to the two guys who started this Wither craze, Russell Brown and Ray Aguilar. These two delightful zombie nuts encouraged me nearly two years ago to write a zombie book, they hounded me to watch the Walking Dead and they battled wits to create the best zombie ideas I'd ever heard. Thank you for the laughs along the way. You two were right...The Walking Dead ROCKS!!!

  Books by Amy Miles

  THE AROTAS TRILOGY

  Forbidden

  Reckoning

  Redemption

  Evermore

  THE IMMORTAL ROSE TRILOGY (prequel to Arotas)

  Desolate

  THE RISING TRILOGY

  Defiance Rising

  Relinquish

  Vengeance

  Captivate

  In Your Embrace

  About the Author

  Author Amy Miles has always been a bit of a dreamer. Growing up as an only child, and a military brat to boot, she spent countless hours escaping into the pages of a book, only to spend the following days creating a new idea of how to twist up the story to make it unique.

  Since becoming a mother, Amy has slowly nourished her love of the written word while snatching writing time in the midst of soiled diapers, tumbling over legos and peering around mounds of laundry and dishes that never seem to go away. Once her only son started school, Amy was free to let her fingers dive into dark mythology, tales of betrayal and love, and explore human nature in its rawest form. Her love of seeing the world from a different angle bloomed.

  Amy is the author of several novels, including her popular young adult immortal books, The Arotas Series, which are an Amazon and iBooks bestselling series. Unwilling to be defined by any one genre, she proceeded to flip over to a science fiction/fantasy based idea with her Rising Trilogy. She then dove into contemporary romance with her novel, Captivate and explored the depths of her own faith with In Your Embrace.

  She is currently working on completing her Immortal Rose trilogy, a prequel to her Arotas novels. She has also embarked on two new journeys this year, one in the form of a co-written banshee trilogy, The Hallowed Realms, which is currently represented by GH Literary and she breached another genre with her upcoming adult horror novel, Wither.

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