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The Silent Divide
When the lights go out and the world goes quiet, Derrick thinks the Bell View Mall might be the safest place left.
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About The Silent Divide
When the lights go out and the world goes quiet, Derrick thinks the Bell View Mall might be the safest place left. A new virus is spreading fast—one that turns people into slow-moving, unblinking predators. With the city collapsing and the roads empty, Derrick locks himself inside the mall and builds a routine: patrols, rations, rules… control. But survival doesn’t stay simple for long. Strangers break in. Tensions rise. A woman named Callie becomes more than just another mouth to feed. And as more survivors arrive, Derrick is forced to trade control for leadership—forming a council, building a clinic and a school, and trying to hold a fragile community together while hunger and fear tighten their grip. Then the threat outside changes. Armed raiders come for the mall, and Derrick learns the hardest truth of all: sometimes the line between protector and monster isn’t loud—it’s silent. The Silent Divide is a tense, character-driven post-apocalyptic thriller about survival, love, and the cost of keeping people safe when the world stops following rules. Perfect for readers who enjoy enclosed-setting survival stories, moral dilemmas under pressure, and slow-burn relationships in a world gone dark.
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