post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · t-1n virus · horror · survival · mutant monsters · dark fantasy · grimdark · world-ending event · black bile
Three years post-apocalypse, the world is a graveyard of ten million souls. In Willowvale, Washington, the silence is broken only by the hydro-dam’s hum. Inside the fortified farmhouse, once belonging to Uncle Rupert, Thomas 'Tom' Johnson—a partially infected, eight-foot titan with green eyes and brown hair—paces the dust-moted air. His wife, Audrey 'Rey' Donovan, a petite ginger-haired beauty with trauma-induced anxiety, clutches their infant daughter, Lucy. The basement holds centuries of food; the perimeter, deadly traps. Life was good, happy even, shielded by Tom’s superhuman strength and erratic temper. But suddenly, the main path’s snare trap snaps taut. Three survivors have triggered it. The peace shatters as Tom moves toward the commotion, his massive frame casting a lon…