The Rain (A Post-Apocalyptic Story) (The Rain Trilogy Book 1)

The Rain (A Post-Apocalyptic Story) (The Rain Trilogy Book 1)

There are a lot of stories about how the rain started.

The thing that always comes to mind first isnâ€™t the how though, itâ€™s the how much. Russell still does the math too: 15, 5,400, and 8,550. 15 inches a day, 5,400 a year, and 8,550 feet since the start.

We have no idea if itâ€™s accurate. But itâ€™s important to think about it, he says, because it reminds us to keep moving. Iâ€™m Tanner. Russell plucked me from the rain when I was two.

Fourteen years ago we left Philadelphia. As the water rose, we moved west, hoping the elevation would keep us warm and dry. Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Sioux Falls, Rapid City. Now weâ€™re stranded on the islands in Wyoming. Russell thinks they used to be the Bighorn mountains. But we canâ€™t go back now. Thereâ€™s no warm and thereâ€™s no dry anymore. Just a rumor about a place where it isn't raining. So weâ€™re going to try to make itâ€”520 miles south to Leadville. But we canâ€™t drift east, the Great Plains have become waterspout alley, a raging tomb of moving water.

Together we push on, surviving, heading to Leadville. But something is wrong with him now. He says itâ€™s nothing. But his breathing doesnâ€™t sound that way.

Exposure, pruned hands, and infection. But since, Rapid City, itâ€™s the face eaters too. And the crack in the canoe thatâ€™s growing. And the ice I think I see on the water. Russell thinks itâ€™s my imagination.

We cling to the last strips of the veneer. And each other.
Country USA
Author Joseph Turkot
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 356
PublicationDate 2013-12-28
ReleaseDate 2013-12-28

Country	USA
Author	Joseph Turkot
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	356
PublicationDate	2013-12-28
ReleaseDate	2013-12-28

The Rain (A Post-Apocalyptic Story) (The Rain Trilogy Book 1)

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