Warriors: FleshSickness The Clans were nearly wiped out after the apocalypse occurred by a zombie-like disease that spread to animals, though some cats had genes in their blood that were strong enough to combat the virus, and they survived. As a result of this, the four Clans are incredibly small, and all of them live in the same territory, all of them too unwilling to leave the safety of the forest.
The fallout of the virus, named Flesh-Sickness by the cats, has infected other cats as well as other animals, making Warriors primary job to protect the hunting warriors during hunting patrols. This is not unlike the Tribes, which is where they adapted it from. The Clans now also cannot fight, or try not to, to stay alive. Cats that are too much of trouble-makers are fed to those infected with the Flesh-Sickness, which is the same with stillborn kittens or those with defects.
The Clans themselves are also now referred to as Survivors, and StarClan is abandoned. To them, strength and survival are more important than religion now.
"Only the strong will live. The great and strong will not yield to the weak and feeble, and those who are not must change their DNA if they would like to appear as our equals- and that in it of itself is a difficult task for kits who cannot even hear me speak." -Shellstar, leader of the fourth Survivor Clan (AKA: what once was RiverClan)
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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