The Thaw
The Thaw is a post-apocalyptic zombie survival novel set in the heart of America, set five years after the Fall.
It has been five years since the dead rose. An island community has formed at the junction of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. Dwindling food supplies and a crop blight force a group of the survivors to leave the safety of their home to make the perilous journey to a seed vault in Fort Collins, Colorado. A brutal and unnatural winter falls at home and in the Rockies, and the fate of humanity rests upon the success of their long journey across the American heartland. While the interests of the group may be aligned, theirs methods differ wildly, and two fiery conflicts will rage before the thaw.
Characters
The Gardeners
- Sam Hayes
- Colonel Cortland Briggs
- Pat Garrison
- Eric Johnson
- Cecil Powell
- Gloria Palermo
- Private Patterson
The Islanders
- Sarah Hayes
- Cathy Darrow
- Norm Darrow
- Marion Waldhorn
- Al Gowry
- Ed Pembrook
- Bill and Pete Hartley
- William, Alice, and Elle Barr
- Rosemary and Arthur Leyland
- Angie Watts
- Anthony Watts
- Elaine Northcote
- Emily Alder
- Andrea Cole
- Benson
- Lautner
The King’s Pirates
- The King (AKA Carson Cash)
- Clay Jackson
- Stokes
- Norwood
- Smalls
- Ross
- Delaney
- Stevie
- Guts
- Randy
- Leon
- Spider
- Lazy-Eye
The King’s Slaves
- Edie
- Tabitha
- Amos
Gold Rushers
- Frank (AKA Francis)
- Tom the Rat
- Edie
- Lou
- Vanessa
Pinnacle Mountain Colonists
- George Thurman
- Easton Porter
- Sebastian Sawyer
- Marques Carruthers
- Barbara Conway
- Kirk Maddox
- Emily Scott
- Olive Bates
- Joey
- Murdoch
- Heather
Muscogee Nation
- Chief Robert Perry Beaver
- Daniel Nix
- Childers
The Barrow Gang
- Cyrus
- Joey
- Boggs
Cheyenne Mountain
- Lieutenant General Orson Ridgeway
- Elanor Ridgeway
- Captain Catalina Flores
- Captain Wesley Alexander
- General Nathaniel Harding
- General Peyton L. Carraway
- Vice-Admiral Vernon A. Odgers
- President James T. Griffith
- Vice-President Jonathan Moore
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Colonel Cortland Briggs
A retired U.S. Army Colonel, and one of the primary antagonists of The Thaw, though not actively until later in...
Easton Porter
Easton Porter is a thirteen-year-old boy, child of Fred Porter and [[Christie Porter]] the protagonist of both Swamp Lullaby and...
Eric Johnson
Eric is an orphan, born in 1986 in Charlotte North Carolina. Eric’s mother and father were killed very early on...
Only The Dead
A short story I wrote for the TL;DR press Kindred family anthology. Only the Dead was written as a backstory...
Sam Hayes
Born in 1965 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Sam is the primary protagonist of The Thaw along with his daughter Sarah...
Sarah Hayes
Daughter of Sam Hayes and Michelle Hayes, Sarah was born in Pine Bluff in 1989, and is another protagonist of...
The Fall
The Fall is the generally accepted name in The Thaw for the day society collapsed in the United States of...
Works
I am Martin Brennan, an Australian writer, and above all I enjoy writing genre fiction. I write horror, sci-fi, fantasy,...