Genre: Horror, Action, Suspense
Setting: The year is sometime in the 21st century, and the world has been overrun with a rampaging rage virus.
POV: Third omnipresent
Characters: York Black (DEAD intern, College Student), Nicholas James Black (High school), Michael Roach (Hunter), David Jones (College Student), Josh Kelley (Janitor), Alex Roush (Farmer, Welder), Emmalynn Michele (Roush's fiancé, medical student), Nathan Henders (Computer Geek), Jake Hansan (Survivalist), Kaitlyn McCallister (College Student), Leon Hendrickson (Anime Writer), Chuck Samson (College Professor), Mary Wollenstone (Is a Guy), Andrew Garrys (Architect), and "Red" (Army Gunner)
Protagonist: York and his younger brother
Antagonist: The Rager Virus
The Virus Effects: When alive: +200% Muscle mass and reflexes, hive mind, and hunger to spread the virus. When reanimated: +300% Muscle Mass and Reflexes, but it deteriorates with increased time being dead, enhanced atrophy in skin and muscle, organs, and bones (except for skull, which has decreased atrophy), +200% skull density, and severe cannibalism and hive mind.
*****THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A MASSIVE REWRITE - FINAL WORK IS CURRENTLY BEING POSTED AS A NEW STORY ON MY PAGE - UPDATES SPORADIC *****
"You can't tell me there isn't something here worth risking everything for."
[New Adult Apocalyptic Romance]
Summary:
Most of the population is dead, some have turned into vicious, crazed creatures who want nothing more than to eat you, and a small percentage are left to try to survive. Nothing is the way it was.
With not much more than a pistol and a vague idea of what she's doing, Claire Harrington ventures out into this new, unforgiving world with only one real goal: to keep her younger sister safe. The odds are against her, until she runs into Parker and finds herself reluctantly accepting his offer to help.
Trust is a fragile thing. Humanity is a construct. Love is a weakness. But these are the thoughts of a survivor, and she's beginning to wonder if surviving is all she wants. Maybe she wants to live.
Past and current ranks:
#3 in dystopian 9.28.21
#1 in love 7.25.22
#1 in angst 7.25.22
#1 in virus 8.8.21
#1 in infected 3.22.22
#1 in zombieoutbreak 2.14.22
#1 in zombieapocalypse 6.12.20
#1 in apocalypse 3.27.20
#1 in zombies 7.26.20
#1 in survival 12.27.19
Mature warning for the following: violence, language and sexual content
Trigger warnings noted at beginning of associated chapters
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