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

The Islanders

  • Sarah Hayes
  • [[ Cathy Darrow ]]
  • [[ Norm Darrow ]]
  • [[ Marion Waldhorn ]]
  • [[ Al Gowry ]]
  • [[ Ed Pembrook ]]
  • [[ Bill and Pete Hartley ]]
  • [[ William, Alice, and Elle Barr ]]
  • [[ Arthur and Molly Leyland ]]
  • [[ Angie Watts ]]
  • [[ Anthony Watts ]]
  • [[ Elaine Northcote ]]

The King’s Pirates

The King’s Slaves

  • [[ Edie ]]

Gold Rushers

  • [[ Frank (AKA Francis) ]]
  • [[ Tom the Rat ]]
  • [[ Edie ]]
  • [[ Lou ]]

Pinnacle Mountain Colonists

Muscogee Nation

  • [[ Chief Robert Perry Beaver ]]
  • [[ Daniel Nix ]]
  • [[ Childers ]]

The Barrow Gang

  • [[ Cyrus ]]
  • [[ joey_barrow_gang|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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