title: Z Children: Awakening (Volume 1)
author:  Eli Constant 
description: Eli Constant- After college, Eli participated in research fellowships in Texas and at NIH (MD) and then settled into a Virginia pathology lab. Choosing to be a dedicated homemaker after the birth of her first child, Eli rediscovered her passion for writing. She's never regretted the decision; not only are her kids the most amazing creatures, but writing fulfills her soul in a way science never did. *** Eli is the author of Dead Trees, Dead Trees 2, Mastic, DRAG.N &amp; Z Children: Awakening. She is a contributing author to several anthologies. Her books are available in eBook, paperback, &amp; audio formats. Stalk Eli on social media: Twitter: @Author_EliC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorEliConstant Books on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1leEDEo Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6901568.Eli_Constant B.V. Barr Ben has been teaching Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) continually since 1981 when he joined the USAF as a Survival Instructor. In that Thirty+ year period, he has taught all aspects of SERE, trained at both domestic and international schools, written SERE doctrine and instruction, researched and developed cutting edge programs for dealing with both the psychological and physical challenges of survival, tested new equipment, written numerous papers on equipment and SERE-related disorders, and taught thousands of classes. Bens research and program development is the basis for many of the national and international survival schools in operation today. He is a USAF Master SERE Instructor. Members of the Rangers, Green Berets, Para-rescue, Combat Control, Navy SEALs, Air Force Crew Members and MARSOC have all been his students. Outside the military, he has taught people from the DEA, Local Law Enforcement, Department of Natural Resources, the FBI, and other Federal Agencies. With over 12 years in the disaster mitigation and security fields, his advice on the development of advanced survival systems is irreplaceable and his knowledge of the physical and psychological aspects of both manmade and natural disasters is unparalleled in the survival world. Z Children: Awakening, written with Eli Constant, is Bens first official foray into fictional writing. His technical expertise has proven a valuable asset in the development of plausible situations, appropriate survival responses, and how the world would really operate at the awakening of an apocalypse. Check out B.V. Barrs survival company: www.usiusa.com
zlib_text: _Zir_
  
  _1_
  
  “What time is it?” Lois whispered when Zir woke her, tugging her body under
  his. They had maybe ten, twenty minutes before their alarm was due to go off.
  He could stretch it to thirty with snooze. They could make it. Long, leisurely
  love-making had been left in the past months ago. Now they had to snatch
  opportunities as they came, and they didn’t come very often. It had been weeks
  since they’d managed to both start _and_ finish, and Zir was eager to change
  that today.
  
  “Early,” he answered, kissing down her neck. Her body was warm and soft from
  sleep, and she didn’t try to stop him, she just lifted her hands to his
  biceps. He quickly unbuttoned her silk pyjamas. If only it had been summer and
  she’d been wearing her little dress that barely touched her thighs. That was
  no obstacle.
  
  “Are the kids awake?” She sounded more alert now as she watched him open her
  shirt, pulling it open to bare her breasts. He lifted his crest for her, then
  dropped his hands to pluck her nipples 