Chapter 23Cal went slowly and quietly when he approached the jetty and the tethered boats, remembering the movement he’d seen from offshore. As he’d feared, they were guarded. He just hadn’t anticipated what they were guarded by.
When he reached the end of the trees surrounding the inlet with the jetty, he found a compound enclosed by a high wire fence. It had a couple of wooden huts with tarred roofs inside. It was only open at the jetty. A person could get in that way, but then they’d meet the guard. Zombies. Five zombies, including a couple of fresh ones, wandered around inside the fence. They couldn’t leave and trundle off to find victims. They had to wait for victims to come to them.
As he watched, the shambling zombies suddenly perked up, their moans increasing in pitch. For a seco
