Player Z

Strangers kidnapped and trapped in a walled city must fight to survive a game against the infected... unaware that one of them holds the key to it all.

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They didn't volunteer. They didn't sign up. They were taken.

One by one, hundreds of strangers were trapped inside Nowhere, a walled city crawling with the infected and cut off from the outside world. No way out. No explanation. Only a single message: Survive.

August Gabriel woke up in an abandoned office, far from the life she thought she'd built. The last time she disappeared, it was by choice, walking away from the boy who once meant everything. But this time, someone took her. And she's not alone.

Captain Justin Hugo, a soldier, thought he was reporting for a government operation until the walls sealed them in.

Angelo Castro, a boy from the slums, was invisible to the society long before Nowhere made him truly disappear.

And Natasha Valentin, heiress to the wealthiest man in the country, was supposed to be sipping cocktails in Santorini. Instead, she's dodging zombies and rationing canned beans.

They were chosen for a reason. Every player in Nowhere has one thing in common: no one is coming to look for them.

But August carries something far more dangerous than abandonment or secrecy. Marked with a symbol that links her to the infection itself, she holds a connection that could unravel everything.

The game has begun. The rules are unclear. The danger is not.

DISCLAIMER: This story is narrated in Tagalog while most of the characters' lines are in English.