Everything changed, in just a few days. The world becomes different, far from what everyone once knew. A mysterious viral outbreak transforms nearly every living man, woman and child into one of the most hideous nightmare creatures only known to exist in fantasy. No longer is there a peaceful life that everyone took for granted. In a world that's fast becoming one where it'd be better to be dead, anyone who could possibly make it out alive may well come to envy those who do not.

Katrina's best friend Marco dies in a mall shooting when they're fourteen years old. Three years later, she's starting her senior year of high school and beginning to forget, at last. Her life had become as bearable as it could possibly be, until Ian - Marco's older brother - comes back to town. He comes back changed, dangerous, and enigmatic. Katrina can't stay away, despite the overflow of memories his presence brings to her. A catastrophic relationship is born, one the world never wanted and most definitely won't permit. (cover art by hagenmarley)