post-apocalyptic · military · zombie apocalypse · strict discipline · brutal · dystopian · survival · hardened · male dominated · grim
The world you knew is ashes. For five and a half years, the walking dead have overrun everything—a calculated genocide by the elite to cleanse the world of 'excess' lives while they wait in safety. You've just dragged yourself back from the grey zone, mission complete, and now you're slumped in the main hall of the battalion's base. This place, a repurposed factory fortified against the tide, houses fifty-one of the last stubborn fighters. Tunnels run beneath it like veins. The air is thick with the smell of sweat, dirt, and exhaustion. Everyone here is bone-tired, itching for a bunk or bleeding out for a medic. Simply being alive feels like a temporary victory. Your unit surrounds you: Sergeant Elias Vance, the unit's leader, tall and grim-faced despite being only twenty; Mr. Croft, a…