Books with author David M Barker

Meet Max, an 11-year old boy who was stuck in another boring day at school when the lock down alarm went off. They were under quarantine. He escaped and made it home, only to discover he’d have to find a way to survive this plague alone. Little did he know his father, his only parent, was among the infected. Slow-moving and non-thinking, the "lamebrains" swarmed his apartment complex, hunting survivors to feed their insatiable hunger for living flesh. Now he must rely on his Porcupine Freedom Scouts training, and scarce supplies to survive. A chance discovery reveals his father's research on the virus, which in the right hands may be the key to a cure, but first he must prove that he's too smart to die.

Eleven-year-old Max has escaped the high walls of Lockshire Estates joined by a new companion, a girl named Ellie. Now they must venture through the plague-infested world outside. Armed with only his Porcupine Freedom Scouts training, a pack of survival gear, and his determination, Max is desperate to find the medicine he needs to save his new friend. Instead he finds a wasteland of empty houses crawling with flesh-eating "creepers" that stalk the living to satisfy their appetite for fresh meat. After a chance encounter at his former school, Max is taken into custody against his will. Has he finally found the safe haven he's been looking for? Have they found the community and security they need to rebuild long-term? Or will he discover that school bites? "Young Max is forced to face a chilling world swarming with the undead, and finds he can't rely on the adult survivors. His fast-paced, tightly spun adventures plunge the reader right into the action. This second installment in the Survivor Max series is something brutal, always unpredictable, and kept me turning pages way beyond my bedtime." - Jim Krut, helizombie.com

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