Chapter 57

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57 After a couple more twists and turns, we run across an outdoor set filled with orange sand and a futuristic space buggy. The terrain is bumpy with little hills of sand to cut through. It leads us straight into a dead end. A wall of brick buildings with nowhere to go. I think I've got Jacobsen cornered, but he climbs a ladder up the side of a building. I catch my breath, hands on knees, feeling like I'm gonna be sick. I look up at the climb. It feels like someone poured molten lava down my throat into my lungs. "What is it with me and rooftops?" I say to myself. I shake my head and go again. Up the ladder. Onto the roof and into a run. Jacobsen's opened up another gap. But he's tiring. The pace has slowed. And just like that zombie and the woman, it's a war of attrition. The build

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