The Long Loud Silence

Corporal Russell Gary—operator—angle man—black-marketeer, juniot grade—liberator of anything loose—veteran of Salerno and Normandy—a man who knew how to live by his wits and a gun. While he slept it off, the United States east of the Mississippi was laid waste by atomic bombs and plague germs. the few who survived were imune to the plague but carriers of the toxin. No one from the contaminated are crossed the Mississippe and lived more than a few seconds. the Army guarded every bridge, every inc of shore line. If you happened to be East fo the river when the bombs fell, you stayed there ntil you died. There was no other choice, no other future. When Corporal Gary woke up he was on the wrong side of the river, the bombed and comtaminated side...