The young man turned to him, wisps of red hair sticking out of his knit hat. “Nothing new. Same thing every day.”
“That’s a good thing. I’m getting too old for this. Things at least need to stay the same and not get worse. That’s a blessing you need to learn to appreciate.”
“Did you ask him yet?”
“Ask him what?”
“You know…when are we going back?”
“Ben, you’re seventeen now. Ask him yourself. Be a man.”
Ben looked at the snowy ground and scuffed at the icy surface with his boot.
“We can’t stay here forever. Dad said things are starting to heat up.”
“Don’t get your hopes up, kid.”
He saw the frustration in the boy. He felt as if he’d known him all his life, and at seventeen, it wasn’t unusual for Ben and the younger generation to want a little adventure. To see what had happened to the world since the ice age took over. Hell, he’d like to know too.
“You know, Ben, you’re the last generation that knows what grass feels like. These new kids…this is all they know. Just this icy world.”
“It doesn’t matter; Mom and Dad won’t agree,” Ben said, beginning to walk away.
“Oh, stop your pouting, you big baby,” Jax called after him. Then something caught his eye on the ground where Ben had scuffed the ice.
He gingerly lowered himself to a squat with his old, rickety knees. The object had a natural hue that he hadn’t seen in a long time—not in this world of black and white. He wiped away the snow that remained around the form, opening up what was lost and newly found.
What had emerged from Ben’s scuff mark was a lavender crocus, a sign of new life and of a coming spring…at long last.
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What the world dreads most has happened...is the tagline AR Shaw writes under and that statement gives you an idea of where her stories often lead...into the abyss of destruction and mayhem with humanity thrown in as a complication. She writes realistic scenarios which are often the worries we think of in the dark of night.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Contents
Bishop’s Honor
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Sanctuary
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Point of No Return
1 Walt
2 Walt
3 Bishop
4 Jax
5 Bishop
6 Walt
7 Jax
8 Bishop
9 Walt
10 Jax
11 Bishop
12 Walt
13 Jax
14 Bishop
15 Yeager
16 Jax
17 Cassie
18 Walt
19 Jax
20 Bishop
21 Walt
22 Jax
23 Bishop
24 Walt
25 Jax
26 Bishop
27 Walt
28 Jax
29 Bishop
30 Walt
31 Jax
32 Bishop
33 Walt
34 Jax
35 Maeve
36 Walt
37 Jax
38 Bishop
39 Walt
40 Jax
41 Maeve
42 Jax
43 Walt
44 Bishop
45 Jax
46 Walt
47 Bishop
48 Walt and Bishop
49 Jax
50 Bishop
51 Maeve
52 Jax
53 Bishop
54 Maeve
55 Bishop
56 Cassie and Maeve
57 Bishop
58 Maeve
59 Bishop
60 Maeve
61 Bishop
62 Maeve
63 Bishop
64 Bishop
65 Jax
Afterword
About the Author
Also by A. R. Shaw