Swan Song

by Robert McCammon

“Hell, the whole damned world’s at war, and everybody’s waitin’ for either Ivan or us to give the knockout punch. Maybe the whole future of the world depends on who’s willin’ to be the craziest!

Big day tomorrow, he thought as he drifted off. Gotta be mean and strong again.

They lived to breed and eat and shit, and they thought they knew all about freedom and loyalty and courage

came out here to nowhere to get away from people. Can’t stand the breed. Never could. I’m sure as hell no Good Samaritan. And then all of a sudden the highway’s covered with cars and corpses, and people are running like hell and I’m up to my ears in the human race. I say screw it! We deserved everything we got!”