Days With The Undead (Book 1) by Julianne Snow

Biathlon event for the first time. Athletes combined grueling cross-country skiing distances with target shooting. He was riveted and knew in his heart that he would be going to the Olympics. And so Robert did, representing Canada in both the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah and then in 2006 in Turin, Italy.
    It was during his time in Turin, though, that Robert’s heart grew heavy and he began to think that maybe he wasn’t using his God-given talents in the way that he should. Upon returning from the Games, and against his family’s wishes, he enrolled in the Canadian Military.
    While sports had always been a love of Robert’s, so was learning and education. His time spent away from his training was spent in the classroom and he graduated top of his class from the University of Toronto with majors in both Political Science and Linguistics. It was at the university that he met Barbara, an Environmental Science major.
    The two were involved for much of their four years at school but in their third year, a devastating event occurred that pushed them apart. That was also part of the reason Bob decided to enlist in the military. He hoped that serving would help him to forget the pain of losing her to his own stupidity and anger. While they had rekindled their friendship before he left for Afghanistan, his heart was still heavy knowing she was unwilling to give him another shot.
    It was his level of education and the specificity of it that allowed Robert to quickly move up the ranks after basic training. Soon he was working as a part of the Intelligence branch as an Officer. And then he was assigned to Afghanistan.
    In Afghanistan, Robert met Max and the two became friends, finding the common bond of knowing that serving their country was the right thing for them to do. It also helped that they were both from Toronto and could talk about the neighborhoods they missed and eateries they couldn’t wait to visit once home again. They shared a lot about their lives and Max was one of the only people in Bob’s life to fully understand his pain of losing Barbara and their unborn baby. As a result, he understood why Bob immersed himself so fully in what they were trying to achieve while in the country.
    On June 6 th , 2008, the convoy they were travelling in ran over a roadside bomb. An intense firefight followed and Robert’s expertise as a marksman served helped to keep the two of them alive. Injuries among the group were limited that day. One death, a few burns, some scrapes and bruises and Robert lost his left leg from the knee down. He was honorably discharged and sent home to recover from his injuries.
    What Robert wants people to know about him is that while he may only have one real leg; the other one is prosthetic and has been modified in such a way as to be fully dependable in times like these. You’d never be able to tell he didn’t have two fully functioning flesh and bone legs. Robert may have been thinking ahead for something like this to happen because the truth is, you just never know.
    The message he wants you to hear is this… Even when you think you’re missing a piece of yourself, you need to find a way to make you whole again.
     

Day 15:
    More and more reports are popping up online as proof that the infection has not been contained to the Western Hemisphere. There is shocking video of London’s Heathrow Airport where a standoff between a plane coming in from Los Angeles full of the Undead and Emergency Personnel occurred in the early morning hours of today.
    I`m not sure why Heathrow was still operating but from all the accounts that I can find, there didn`t appear to have been any reason for it to shut down. Some airports in the United States were still offering flights to passengers, choosing to ignore the rising tide of the Undead. It’s an important lesson of how choosing to ignore a situation can land it right in your own lap.
    No one really knows for sure what happened, but it appears