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Spartan Run
#25 in the Endworld series

David Robbins


Dedicated to…

Judy,

Joshua, and Shane.


PROLOGUE

"If one of their patrols spots us, we're dead."

"At least we'll have died trying."

The two men ran at a steady pace to the northwest, angling across a
wild field, the landscape surrounding them brightly illuminated by the
radiant full moon overhead. Both men were in superb physical condition
due to their grueling daily toil, and both breathed easily as they silently
ate up the distance to the next stretch of woods.

Off to the east an owl hooted.

"What if we don't make it, Ansel?" asked the shorter of the pair. He cast
repeated fearful glances to their rear, clearly far more nervous than his
companion.
 "How many times must I tell you, Merle?" responded the other. "We'll
escape if we keep our wits about us. You must calm yourself. We've gone
fifteen miles already and there's been no sign of them."

"Their patrols cover a thirty-mile radius," Merle noted apprehensively.

"Then only fifteen more miles and we're free men," Ansel stated. "Free
for the first time in our lives."

"Freedom," Merle said softly, pronouncing the word with exquisite
delicacy, as if the very term was too fragile to withstand its utterance.