The Rot

It started slow with a few strange attacks.

A handful of violent patients.

Emergency broadcasts urging everyone to remain calm.

By the time the truth reaches the streets...

it's already too late.

Chris Carter thought his military days were behind him. Now a mechanic, husband, and father, his biggest worries were keeping his family safe and his repair shop running. Nikki Carter, an experienced emergency room nurse, has spent years saving lives-but nothing in her training prepares her for the horrifying illness spreading through her hospital.

Within days, cities collapse, communications go silent, and the dead begin hunting the living.

As the outbreak-known only as The Rot-consumes the country, Chris and Nikki must lead their family through a city that has become a nightmare. With their children, a battle-tested grandfather, and a fiercely loyal dog by their side, they fight for every meal, every mile, and every sunrise. But survival isn't just about escaping the infected. It's about holding on to hope when the world has none left.

As society crumbles and the nation falls into darkness, one impossible radio transmission offers the faintest glimmer of hope: whispers of a survivor refuge somewhere in the West.

If it exists.

If they can reach it.

And if they're not already too late.

**In a world where silence keeps you alive, family is the only reason to keep fighting.**