Surviors

Surviors
The Empty City is the first book in the Original Series and was released 21 August 2012. It begins with the main character, Lucky the shaggy, golden-and-white male Sheltie-retriever mix, hearing a story of an apocalypse called the Storm of Dogs from his retriever mix mother back when was a pup temporarily called Yap. He and his four siblings (his brothers Yowl and Snip, and his sisters Squeak and Yip) are intrigued, but mostly by the story of the very fast legendary dog named Lightning, who is said to have become actual lightning. Years later, on a Long Light day in a coastal California city, the "Big Growl" strikes in the form of an earthquake, killing most longpaws (humans) in the area. Lucky escapes a cage in a Trap House (dog pound) and strikes out on his own, having frequent dreams of the apocalypse, known as the "Storm of Dogs". While searching for food, he encounters a ruined Food House (restaurant), lethal sharpclaw (cat), strange gas mask-wearing longpaws – some carrying loudsticks (guns) - that do not seem to like dogs, some thieving common raccoons, and a mysterious American crow that seems to appear in the same area as him frequently.

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