Dead Is All You Get: A Dave Pulaski Thriller Audiobook

The scientists walked us to a stairwell at the rear of the building. We headed downstairs to an alcove with a steel door…

I spent the night in jail—a first for me. And although I was certain Warnick and the others had followed me, they weren’t allowed inside…

After a breakfast of coffee and store-bought donuts, Hannity walked me outside, where a police cruiser was waiting. O’Brien sat in the front passenger seat. I didn’t like the way he smiled…

When we were alone, the mayor waved at a chair. I wasn’t exactly clean and worried I would soil his wife’s expensive fabric…

Hannity eyed me in the rearview mirror. I avoided his gaze. As we exited the gates, he started in. “You gotta understand,” he said…

Two yellow school buses pulled into the command center parking lot. Inside were the civilians from the Arkon building we’d rescued only weeks earlier…

We drove across town to a neighborhood near the 5 freeway, wearing body armor and helmets. I hadn’t been this close to the city limits in ages and didn’t know what to expect…

At the start of the outbreak, Holly and I and a group of survivors had gone to Royal Ranch Market to stock up on supplies. As we pulled into the parking lot, I thought of Landry, Ben, and his son Aaron—all dead now…

We were spellbound. Why didn’t the dragger try to bite us like all the others? Instead, it stared, wavering and weak. Its eyes pleading, and its arms outstretched. Wait , it had said in Spanish…

Isaac returned with a needle and syringe, several vials, and the cattle prod. He handed the device to Bud and instructed the twins on how to proceed…

Fabian found Holly, Griffin, and me in the cafeteria eating a late lunch of meatloaf that looked as if it had come from an episode of The Lazy Man’s Lunch…

Somehow, I’d convinced Warnick to go along with Isaac’s plan. Now we were on our way to the isolation facility. Though his instinct was to tell Pederman everything, I begged him to wait…

The coffee tasted like ass water. I pushed aside the cup and took a seat with the others…

In the late afternoon, we returned to the isolation facility with Griffin and Fabian. Getting permission to bring them along had been easier than I thought…

Seeing Ariel alive only hours earlier had given me hope there might be a way out of the crisis. But her death showed us that hope was an illusion. Like all the others, she had turned…

Warnick filled Pederman in on Isaac’s suggestion to collaborate with Robbin-Sear. Surprisingly, the supervisor seemed open to it…

Springer lobbed a grenade into the horde. The explosion was deafening and sent blobs of decaying flesh everywhere…

A helicopter flew us to the hospital, where they treated Steve Zimmer and the rest of the wounded. Pederman met us with an update. He’d just come from an emergency meeting with the mayor, who had ordered the trespassers to be expelled…

I didn’t know what was coming, and Warnick’s expression betrayed nothing. Springer, Holly, and I took our seats. On the table, manila folders stamped “Serious Incident Report” in red block letters awaited us…

Isaac stared at me like I’d asked him to help me bury a body. Holly and Warnick hung back, letting me take the brunt of the doctor’s ire…

On Sunday, we attended the only Mass of the day. The mayor had arranged for school buses to transport Catholics staying at the command center to St. Monica’s, a few blocks away…

Holly and Griffin walked down the steps arm-in-arm. Nearby, the priest chatted with the parents of two small children. The strange blessing he had given troubled me…

I had planned for us to grab lunch in the command center cafeteria. But Holly was still upset and returned to the trailer with Griffin…

The sky was clear as Warnick and I rode out to Robbin-Sear, with Springer driving Isaac and the Vollmer twins in a second Humvee. The previous night, Larry had contacted a Black Dragon patrol with a message for my friend. He and Judith had decided to cooperate…

Isaac lay on the floor, groaning in pain. One cop pointed his weapon at the Vollmer twins while the other covered Warnick and me. I was grateful Holly wasn’t here…