The prologue is well-written and compelling, and I was drawn to the bleak, lonely mood and stark setting right from the very beginning. She is saddled with an angry 8-year-old and an attractive ex-Army guy who's hiding secrets, and they all must find safety and shelter from the other survivors who are no longer.human. 17-year-old Alex is transformed by the big event in ways that she can't understand.
The first half of this book is a phenomenal. And people drop dead instantaneously and inexplicably-or they are miraculously, irrevocably changed, some for the better, and some for the worse.
Deer run off a cliff, maddened for unknown reasons. This improvised family will have to use every ounce of courage they have just to find food, shelter, while fighting off the 'Changed' and those desperate to stay alive.Ī tense and involving adventure with shocks and sudden plot twists that will keep teen and adult readers gripped.It all starts with a cataclysmic electromagnetic impulse. An electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky zapping every electronic device and killing the vast majority of adults.įor those spared, it's a question of who can be trusted and who has changed.Įveryone still alive has turned - some for the better (those who acquired a superhuman sense) while others for the worse (those who acquired a taste for human flesh).ĭesperate to find out what happened and to avoid the zombies that are on the hunt, Alex meets up with Tom - an Army veteran who escaped one war only to find something worse at home - and Ellie, a young girl whose grandfather was killed by the electromagnetic pulse. and who can they trust?Alex has run away and is hiking through the wilderness with her dead parents' ashes, about to say goodbye to the life she no longer wants to live.īut then the world suddenly changes.
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