William Forstchen - One Year After

“Yeah, John, let’s get it done. It’ll only take a minute.”

John gulped and then nodded in submission to fate. It was time to get the tooth out. “Give me a minute. Okay?”

“Yeah, but no escaping this time.”

He smiled, nodding to where Lee Robinson, arm in a sling, was standing behind him, ready to snag John if he tried to slip away. Then he felt a reassuring hand slip into his. It was Makala, and she was in tears, standing silent, looking up at the lights and listening to the chorus singing.

“We got to get you fixed up proper, John,” she whispered, drawing in close to his side.

They stood in silence, listening as the chorus sang the last refrain of the song, and then the party started, dancing beneath the brilliant array of lights, the cares of what tomorrow would bring—or what John had to face in a few minutes—forgotten.

“We’re still America. We’ll always be America,” Makala whispered, drawing in closer by his side.

WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN is the New York Times bestselling author of One Second After . He also collaborates on New York Times bestselling novels with Newt Gingrich. Forstchen holds a Ph.D. in history from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is currently a faculty fellow and professor of history at Montreat College, near Asheville, North Carolina. You can sign up for email updates here.

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ONE YEAR AFTER

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