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    Wyrmrot
    Wyrmrot
    ssmith314
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    • Reads
      Reads 181,972
      181,972181K
    • Votes
      Votes 11,844
      11,84411.8K
    • Parts
      Parts 67
      6767
    • Time
      Time 10h 18m
      10 hours, 18 minutes10h 18m
    ssmith314
    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published May 01, 2018
    After scientists create real-life Dragons, the Wyrmrot parasite is unleashed. Zelda must survive the zombie apocalypse, because the rest of her family didn't.
         
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        When scientists brought dragons to life, people flocked to see them, including Zelda Rissland. Unfortunately there were side effects. A deadly parasite was unleashed: Wyrmrot. First, it ate peoples' brains, and then it made them eat each other. Losing her brother, and then her entire family, to the zombie apocalypse, the only person Zelda has left is her boyfriend, Cooper Marotta. Together they carve out a safe place, but they're running out of food. So, when mysterious coordinates appear on a construction sign, Zelda knows there is only one thing to do: follow them.
        
        [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
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    • adolescence
    • apocalypse
    • dark
    • death
    • disaster
    • dragons
    • dystopian
    • friendship
    • friendstolovers
    • illness
    • love
    • nearfuture
    • paidstories
    • relationships
    • science-fiction
    • sciencefiction
    • survival
    • teen
    • war
    • youngadult
    • zombies
    adolescenceapocalypsedarkdeathdisasterdragonsdystopianfriendshipfriendstoloversillnesslovenearfuturepaidstoriesrelationshipsscience-fictionsciencefictionsurvivalteenwaryoungadultzombies
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