The Last Portal (25 page)

The others
agreed, adding to Joe’s worries. They walked on in silence until
they reached the wooden bridge. From here they had to split up to
go to their homes.

‘Well I’m going
straight out for pizza when I get home,’ Joe said, with a grin.

‘I’m having a
long shower then going the bed for the rest of the day.’ Susie
said, closing her eyes wishfully.

Chris smiled at
his friends. So much had changed. Joe, minus his fat cheeks, even
looked different, and Susie now had a quiet determined presence
about her. For himself, he was looking forward to fighting with his
sister over breakfast, playing computer games, watching TV -
anything that was normal. But he could feel the hardness of the
Vizion stone in his pocket and the key was bright red in his hand.
What had happened was real, and it was far from over.

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my book. If you enjoyed it, can you please take a moment to leave
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Thanks,

Rob Cole

On a holiday
in England, Alex Carhill is caught in the nightmare of a nuclear
holocaust. In a matter of hours a mid-summer’s day is turned into a
nuclear winter. This is the story of his survival in a world that
no longer has rules; where climatic extremes, murder, starvation
and disease are commonplace.

As the land
slowly heals, the survivors scratch together an existence in a
contaminated wasteland ravaged by plagues of insects and disease.
In this world, through hardship and pain, a new society is forged
based on new rules and values moulded from the demands and
necessities of life.

After years of
struggle, the survivors find themselves facing their greatest
adversary. One they despised and thought had long disappeared in
the first months of the holocaust. Now they must marshal all they
resources and strength for one last battle against an enemy bent on
their destruction.