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    In For A Dollar In For A Dime
    In For A Dollar In For A Dime
    In For A Dollar In For A Dime
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    In For A Dollar In For A Dime

    By P. Mark DeBryan

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    A trip to the Pacific Northwest is interrupted by a deadly virus. Fighting to survive, fighting to reunite. Ryan Brant hasn’t seen some of his family for 18 years and is flying into Seattle Washington to attend the family reunion. The Brant family is spread out across the country and all are headed to the reunion; some travel by car, some by air, and one in a high end luxury Motor Coach. The Cape Town Flu has brought the world to its knees and the vaccine the CDC created has just made the situation worse, much worse. Join them as they try to find each other in A New World that has collapsed around them and millions die of the flu, or wish they had.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherP. Mark DeBryan
    Release dateAug 31, 2015
    ISBN9781311745231
    In For A Dollar In For A Dime
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    P. Mark DeBryan

    Mark has always been a bit of a vagabond. Born in Washington, raised in California he joined the Coast Guard after high school. His first assignment after boot camp was as the driver for the admiral of PACAREA in San Francisco. After a short stay working at a LORAN station, he went for a cruise on a 378 ́ cutter in the Bering Sea, then onto aviation where he was a crewman of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in Texas. After four years in the Coast Guard, he worked security, first guarding MX nuclear missiles, then at a nuclear power plant in California. Eventually he went to college in Wisconsin, only to drop out after meeting his future wife. He went on to finish college at 36 and own a Miracle Ear franchise. He went into publishing for a short time before becoming an information systems specialist. He currently lives in Pawley's Island South Carolina.

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      In For A Dollar In For A Dime - P. Mark DeBryan

      In For A Dollar In For A Dime

      P. Mark DeBryan

      A Novel by P. Mark DeBryan

      Copyright © 2015 P. Mark DeBryan

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in review, without permission in writing from the author. You may contact the author at pmdebryan@gmail.com

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      Contents

      Ryan 11:48 P.M.

      Cathlamet Ferry

      Puget Sound, Washington

      Day One Of Outbreak

      Max 6:04 P.M.

      Seatac Long-Term Parking

      Ryan 3:00 A.M.

      Cathlamet Ferry

      Puget Sound, Washington

      Max & Lisa 7:15 P.M.

      Seatac Airport

      Ryan 5:52 A.M.

      Cathlamet Ferry

      Puget Sound, Washington

      Author’s Note

      Ryan 11:48 P.M.

      Cathlamet Ferry

      Puget Sound, Washington

      Day One Of Outbreak

      The screaming finally stopped, but that didn’t make me feel any better about being jammed into a stinky janitorial closet. I continued to listen to those damn things banging around out in the passenger cabin, whatever they were. It seemed like the power to the ferry had been cut off and we were drifting—there was no vibration from the engines, none of the hum associated with being underway. It was the last ferry of the night, and as such, was nearly empty. There had been about ten or fifteen people in the seating area and snack bar when the crewman went nuts.

      My name is Ryan Brant, and I ‘ve seen some violence in my fifty-four years, but nothing like what happened as I stepped off the stairs into the large passenger area. On the late-night rides, the lights are turned off in some sections to afford the luxury of semi-darkness to those who want to nap. At first, squinting through the dimmed lighting, I saw what I thought was just a fistfight, and moved in to break it up. I am a big guy: 6´2", 290 pounds, and most people respect my size. Even at my age, the shenanigans stop when I make my presence known. I grabbed the guy on top by the back of his coveralls and pulled. He wasn’t that big, and I figured he would thank me once I disentangled him from the fight. As I yanked on him, I was impressed that he didn’t immediately lose his grip on the other guy.

      Amidst the struggle, I caught a glance of the other guy and saw it wasn’t a guy at all: It was a woman, albeit a rather large woman. My anger rose and I put my weight into pulling this punk off her. All of a sudden, there was blood—lots of blood. I quickly looked for the source.

      Did he have a knife?

      For a

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