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“A serious novel with a strange series name, Payload is a fast-moving, quick-reading story of a band of unlikely heroes brought together by chance in the face of a terrorist-bred Zombie outbreak. It’s the Walking Dead with satellite phones.” The Apoc Review.
In a United States beset by terrorists and a biowar virus a small group thrown together by chance find themselves in possession of what well may be a key to the zombie plague. Their desperate struggle across the landscape of a nation facing the first savage blows of a terror campaign and a zombie outbreak requires everything they can muster, and in the process welds the survivors into a band of brothers.
Violent, grim, and occasionally humorous Payload is a story of courage, survival, and of the hero that lies within the humblest of hearts. An unlikely band of a soldier, a biker, a slacker gamer, a paranoid conspiracy theorist, a wrestling promoter, a pretty Cuban beautician, and other travelers encountered along a strange and winding road must face the full weight of an onrushing apocalypse in the hope that they can make at least a small difference in the events unfolding around them.
In a United States beset by terrorists and a biowar virus a small group thrown together by chance find themselves in possession of what well may be a key to the zombie plague. Their desperate struggle across the landscape of a nation facing the first savage blows of a terror campaign and a zombie outbreak requires everything they can muster, and in the process welds the survivors into a band of brothers.
Violent, grim, and occasionally humorous Payload is a story of courage, survival, and of the hero that lies within the humblest of hearts. An unlikely band of a soldier, a biker, a slacker gamer, a paranoid conspiracy theorist, a wrestling promoter, a pretty Cuban beautician, and other travelers encountered along a strange and winding road must face the full weight of an onrushing apocalypse in the hope that they can make at least a small difference in the events unfolding around them.
281 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 18, 2014
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R.W. Krpoun
21 books50 followersBorn and raised in the icy wastelands of North Dakota, RW Krpoun joined the US Army, serving two enlistments before being honorably discharged at Fort Hood, Texas. Delighted to discover a land where snow was a novelty, he settled in Texas and took up a career in law enforcement, serving thirty years before retiring. His service included a Sheriff's Office and two Municipal police agencies, as well as two enlistments in the Texas National Guard as a Criminal Investigator.
RW lives on lakeside acreage with his lovely and amazingly tolerant wife Ann, and a band of ill-mannered animals who are all highly photogenic. His hobbies include reading, history, various forms of shooting, collecting battle-ready examples of medieval weaponry, and learning to use such weapons.
RW lives on lakeside acreage with his lovely and amazingly tolerant wife Ann, and a band of ill-mannered animals who are all highly photogenic. His hobbies include reading, history, various forms of shooting, collecting battle-ready examples of medieval weaponry, and learning to use such weapons.
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January 21, 2026
Darn good
Amazing story. I love the fresh take on zombies. Each character is well and uniquely defined. I highly recommend this story and this author.
Amazing story. I love the fresh take on zombies. Each character is well and uniquely defined. I highly recommend this story and this author.
September 19, 2016
Again.....Love it!
Great characters, lots of action, and down right believable story line. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone not just zombie enthusiasts.
Great characters, lots of action, and down right believable story line. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone not just zombie enthusiasts.
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