Star Drifter

Every day of his life, Jaxsen had to run for his life, fighting to stay alive. The dead hunted him, hunted anyone left still standing after the outbreak that had nearly destroyed the world. For eighteen years, this was the life Jaxsen had known, one half alive. The dead were monsters, with red eyes and decaying flesh. The world he lived in, was hell, and the creatures that hunted him were devil's spawn.

From a young age, Jaxsen Lars had one mission: to survive. For years, he and his family searched military bunkers for one secret that the government kept: a way off the planet should the need arrive. To escape into the stars was Jaxsen's dream, and he'll push himself dead to help his family find that one kept secret.

Desperate and starving, his group of family and friends finds the space ship that will take them to their new home. A course has already been set, and they leave Earth behind, hoping to reunite with others that left before them. But Jaxsen soon realizes that nothing comes without a price. When his ship, the Denver, stumbles upon the broken remains of four ships, three that look eerily similar to the Denver, and one that looks nothing of this world, they set out to uncover what had happened. Within the broken remains he finds a girl, one with a familiar face. Together, Jaxsen and Rylie work together to uncover the mystery to what had happened to her people. But far beyond the stars the virus finds them. And Jaxsen begins to question everything he thought he knew about what it means to survive.