From the New York Times bestselling author of ASYLUM

MONTHS AGO THE WORLD ENDED...

...when an unknown virus spread throughout North America and then the world, killing millions of people. However, that is where the horror only started. The dead began to rise and when they rose they had an insatiable appetite for the living. A new hell had been unleashed on earth and the fight for survival had just begun.

Sadie Walker is one of the survivors in this new world. Living in north Seattle behind barrier that keep the living in and the dead out, she trying to get back to a normal life, while raising her eight-year-old nephew, if anyone even knows what "normal" is anymore. Then everything goes sideways when Shane is kidnapped by a group of black market thieves and they bring down a crucial barrier in the city while trying to escape, and flood the city with the walking dead. After rescuing her nephew, Sadie and Shane escape Seattle on the last remaining boat, along with other survivors. However, now they must face the complete chaos of a world filled with flesh eating zombies and humans who are playing with a whole new rule book when it comes to survival in their journey to find a new place that they can call home.

Author: Madeleine Roux
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 01/31/2012
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780312658915


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 02/10/2012

About the Author

MADELEINE ROUX is the New York Times bestselling author of ASYLUM. She received her BA in Creative Writing and Acting from Beloit College and, shortly after, she began the experimental fiction blog Allison Hewitt Is Trapped. She lives in Wisconsin, where she is preparing for the zombie apocalypse.