Contents

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Books By Jason D. Morrow

Note to the Reader

Chapter 1 - Waverly

Chapter 2 - Remi

Chapter 3 - Waverly

Chapter 4 - Waverly

Chapter 5 - Remi

Chapter 6 - Remi

Chapter 7 - Waverly

Chapter 8 - Waverly

Chapter 9 - Remi

Chapter 10 - Remi

Chapter 11 - Waverly

Chapter 12 - Remi

Chapter 13 - Waverly

Chapter 14 - Waverly

Chapter 15 - Remi

Chapter 16 - Waverly

Chapter 17 - Remi

Chapter 18 - Remi

Chapter 19 - Waverly

About Jason D. Morrow

Books By Jason D. Morrow

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Anywhere But Here

The Starborn Ascension: Book One

By

Jason D. Morrow

Edited by Beth Morrow & Emily Simpson Morrow

Cover Art

By

Melchelle Designs

Copyright © 2014 Jason D. Morrow

Books By Jason D. Morrow

Books by Jason D. Morrow

The Starborn Ascension 

Anywhere But Here

The Starborn Uprising

Out Of Darkness

If It Kills Me

Even In Death

The Marenon Chronicles

The Deliverer

The Gatekeeper

The Reckoning

Note to the Reader

The Starborn Ascension is a new series set fifty-seven years before the events of The Starborn Uprising, which features the character of Mora and her fight for survival. This series can be read independently but the two are linked considerably.

Chapter 1 - Waverly

My body stiffens at the silence after the rumbling truck engines shut off. Doors squeak open and firm footsteps grind against the broken asphalt. I sit next to Lucas, frozen in place behind an abandoned car long ago stripped of tires and dried of gasoline. I try to keep my breath shallow so the cold, autumn air won’t reveal our hiding place through puffs of smoky vapor. I grip my hatchet tightly as the sound of footsteps comes closer. The weapon was once meant for splitting wood, but the sharpened blade and reconstructed grip on the handle have made it much more useful for killing greyskins, or in this case, raiders. But I hope it doesn’t come to that. They will most likely have guns, and no matter how good I might be with this little hatchet, a bullet will always win.

Lucas turns his head to the other two in our party, Ethan and Gilbert, who are crouched behind a rusted dumpster. The rubble and debris throughout this ghost town is good for taking cover, but I fear the raiders have already seen us. Why else would they be getting out of their vehicles? They would never take the risk of greyskins detecting them unless, that is, this is their territory. Then they would know if the area was clear of the undead human-eaters.

I don’t know why I close my eyes so tightly. In some way it makes me feel invisible. I try to listen to their chatter, hoping that their conversations will tell us that they don’t see anything. But I’m not so lucky.

“I think I saw some movement,” a high-pitched voice says. “Behind that dumpster over there.”

“Then do something about it,” a gravelly voice snaps.