{"id":224,"date":"2016-10-11T22:54:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/?p=224"},"modified":"2016-10-11T22:54:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:54:10","slug":"a-time-to-die-published-june-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/a-time-to-die-published-june-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"A Time To Die Published June 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They say it came from the night sky. Streaks of light have crashed from the heavens, but they\u2019re not angels or demons. They\u2019ve brought something far, far worse. Something that turns people into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. The flashpoint is Texas. A reporter follows her story of unspeakable horror south of the border. A wounded fighter pilot finally gets his chance to return to duty, only to find himself forced into a recon mission that the government has strictly forbidden. A billionaire with dreams of space is watching those dreams turn to ash when he discovers what could only be a crashed alien spacecraft. A brilliant geneticist conducting outlawed research comes face to face with a nightmare that is consuming the world faster than anyone can comprehend. There’s no time to stop the outbreak. This is A Time to Die.<\/p>\n

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They say it came from the night sky. Streaks of light have crashed from the heavens, but they\u2019re not angels or demons. They\u2019ve brought something far, far worse. Something that turns people into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. 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