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