Part 1

Part 1 is the first part of Book 1 of Apocalypse Rising.

Plot
The story starts out with Will, David, and their father sitting around a campfire. Will asks his father if the story he told him and David is true. His father asks him if he needs hearing aids and that he told them that it's true. David asks, "How is it true?" His father is about to explain until they see a walker kill a human. He tells David and Will to run to the house while he gets his shotgun. Will sees the police and military show up and shoot people on the streets. Will yells at David to run. He gets home before their dad reaches the house and Will grabs the shotgun. David tells Will to look out and a walker appears. Will shoots the walker in the head. Will then finds his dad being eaten alive by walkers. He shoots them then puts his father out of his misery.

4 months have passed by and Will's group go on a run to a pharmacy. Nathan, one of the members in Will's group, gets bit in the eye and Will puts Nathan out of his misery. The pharmacy gets overrun. They make it back to the neighborhood and the herd is outside the gates. Will tells the rest of the group what happens. Will then yells at everyone when someone says that they haven't lost a lot of people. Holly talks to Will and tells him that it's not his fault that everyone is dying. Carter tells Will the next day about his idea to lure the walkers away from the neighborhood. It seems to work until Allison gets bit on the shoulder.

Deaths

 * Paul Vorkuta
 * Nathan

Trivia

 * First appearance of William Vorkuta.
 * First appearance of David Vorkuta.
 * First (and last) appearance of Paul Vorkuta.
 * First (and last) appearance of Nathan.
 * First appearance of Holly.
 * First appearance of Allison.