There is a flashback, about the beginning of the end. it says that the clocked stopped at 1:17, there was a long shear of light and then a low concussion. The father went to the bathroom, he turned on the light but the power was already gone and he began to fill up the bath tube. The mother asks why hes taking a bath but all he says is that he isn't.We have learned much more about the mother in the story. It turns out that she just leaves them. She says she has to because they will rape them and kill them. We don't know who "them" are yet. The son doesn't say a word about. Back to the present, the father and son were both sleeping when the father woke up and heard truck sounds. He wakes up the boy and they stay still watching them. There's a couple of them walking with the truck. Ones wearing bio hazard suits and others are wearing masks. They were hiding for awhile trying not to be seen. Then when the father looked up, one of them was walking towards him. He was un-belting his pants when they both saw each other. The father pointed the gun right at him and told him to come towards them and not to say a word. The father asked questions but the man answered with questions. The man then quickly took his knife, rolled grabbing the son and putting the knife up against the boys neck. By the second he stood up the father had already shot the man in the middle of the forehead and killed him. He grabbed the boy and ran like hell. No one came looking for them. They camped under a bridge that night and made a fire. When they set out again the came to a ravine that over looked a city. They could see smoke coming off a building, the boy was scared again. Hes always nerves about the bad guys. He always asks the dad to make such that their still the good guys. As they went though the city, they looked though some houses looking for food but they didn't find anything. They heard a dog right before dusk and the boy really wanted to take him with but the father said no. They spent the night in a car under an overpass. They never heard the dog again. They awake to rain and stayed for away. They walked for days, then one day they woke up and the father saw people coming down the street. It was like a mini army, some with chains, others with spears. behind them was wagons drawn by slaves in harness and piled with goods of war. Then the women after that, about a dozen of them, a few were pregnant. They went by without seeing them. After awhile they began to move again. It started to snow and in a little bit there was about half a food. They took cover under some cedar. They slept there for the night. The father awoke to hear what sounded like bombs. The snow was so heavy it was bending all the died trees down. Trees were tipping over left and right, he took the boy and ran. They couldn't see anything, it was liking running around with your eyes close. They made it out safe. They walked for the next few days, their feet were getting soaked from all the snow. The boy then saw people coming down the road. They quickly ran into the woods, the people didn't see them but they were bad guys. They later came upon a big brick house. All the windows were weirdly intact. There was a string going across the front step and into the window. The boy became very scared. The father opened the door. In the living room there were cots and shoes and a fireplace with coals in it and pots around it. They searched the house looking for food. They when into the pantry, there wasn't any food but a strange latch on the floor.There was a large padlock on it though. So the father went and found something like a pybar to break the lock. The lock broke and he lifted the latch. It was really dark, so he used his lighter as a light. Coming down the stairs there was an ungodly smell. The light revealed a line of naked males and females lined up against the way. There was a person laying on a mattress and his leg and hip missing (thats what make the terrible smell). They all started saying help us! help us! The father just kept saying O' Jesus Christ. He threw his son up the stairs and ran up. Then while the father is closing the latch the son point to the window. There four big beard men with two women coming towards the house, the bad guys. The father and son ran as fast as they can out of the house and down the driveway and into the woods across the street. The father gave the gun to the boy. He was going to go distract the bad guys if they came and have the boy kill himself. They laid there and laid there looking at the house. The boy was terrified. The whole time watching the father had to cough but couldn't cause he didn't want to be seen and also the boy was hold on of his hands and his other hand was on the gun. The bad guys never did end up coming but the boy and father stayed there for the night. During the night the father heard the most bone chilling screams he has ever heard. He covered the boys eyes while he slept. The next morning, was that 5th day they had gone without eating anything. So while the boy slept the father went out looking for food. From where they were he could see a barn way off in the distance. He went there searching for food. He didn't find any food but he found a tank of run off water. He removed all the filters and ended up getting a couple jars of water. As he was walking about he stepped on something. It was an apple. It was all black and had no flavor but it was something to eat. So he got as much as he could for him and the boy and eat that. Later on they went back to walking trying to figure out where they were. They came upon another later on. They went threw it and there was nothing. In the back there was a shed. In the Shed there wasn't anything much just old motor oil and a lawn mower. Then walking about he found something. It turned out to be another latch. After digging it out, he opened it. Inside was a bunker filled with canned food, a bathroom, stove, cots, clothes blankets and soap. They spent like 5 days there. The boy got to eat food he never ate before like peaches and coffee. They look bathes and cut their hair. They even went into town and got a new cart. They had to leave though because the father thought it wasn't safe. So they left and set out for the coast again. There about 200 miles away. On their way they run into a 90 year old man, who is very surprise to see a kid. The boy convinces the father to give him food and the spends the night with them. The man is weird though and keeps lying to the father.


The story has gotten a lot better! Its not just talking about the surroundings anymore. They have seen a lot more people but most of them were the bad guys. There getting closer to the coast though which is good. Im nerves for the father because of his coughing up blood. I really hope nothing happens to the boy, like the bad guys taking him away. I didn't mention in the summary but the bad guys eat humans. The boys gets really scared. I hope this guy that they just met doesn't take stuff from them and run off with it. I really couldn't believe that the mom just left them. It was by far the most depressing part of the book. I like how the author touched on how everything ended but without really telling how. So its just kind of up to the reader to pick a way. I really cant wait to keep reading which is weird cause I don't really like reading a lot. I do it for school but not in my free time. But this book makes me read in my free time.

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