In this, the second installment of The CNVE Chronicles, William and his community take advantage of their newly pacified area to improve their situation, reactivating portions of the cellular network, establishing new outposts and expanding the nascent system of commerce while Sonia and Padma gather their scant supplies and find a shelter for the winter. Puchard and his gang contend with a betrayal while devising ever more depraved torments for their captives as a means of occupying themselves during the cold winter days.
With the arrival of spring Sonia and Padma strike out, food nearly exhausted and health failing. Sifting through the detritus of the dead world, they cross paths with first Puchard and then William, leading to a violent confrontation.
A Period of Reaping, Part Two – 94 Pages/42,774 Words
Table of Contents
Chapter One – A friend you’ve never met…
Chapter Two – The Right to Social Exclusion
Chapter Three – An Inappropriate Gathering (Part One)
Chapter Four – The Cathedral of Ice
Chapter Five – Celebrity Dead or Alive
Chapter Six – An Inappropriate Gathering (Part Two)
Chapter Seven – The Winter Doldrums
Chapter Eight – Making the Rounds
Chapter Nine – An Inappropriate Gathering (Part Three)
Chapter Ten – The Blizzard
Chapter Eleven – Judge William
Chapter Twelve – Bethany’s Martyrdom
Chapter Thirteen – The Winter of Their Discontent
Chapter Fourteen – People Who Like People
Chapter Fifteen – To On Tightly, We Must Let Go (Part One)
Chapter Sixteen – Call of Duty (Part One)
Chapter Seventeen – A New Inspiration
Chapter Eighteen – To On Tightly, We Must Let Go (Part Two)
Chapter Nineteen – Call of Duty (Part Two)
Chapter Twenty – Master of My Own Life
Chapter Twenty-One – Polite Vigilantes
Chapter Twenty-Two – Sorrow: The Father of Rage
Chapter Twenty-Three – Alive and Unafraid