J B Beatty

The World Itself Departed J B Beatty

"All I know is that all the rules have changed, and when the sun rises in the morning, this is going to be a completely different world than any world we've ever known. Kind of like school's out forever." "We need to sort this out," I say. "We need to know what we're up against. We need a plan." "I thought we'd just kill the crazy cannibals and survive," Maggie says. "If this were a movie, that's what we would do. But if this were a movie, we'd both be great looking." It's not a movie. It's a quest for answers in a world that's been decimated by a zombie virus that has left children and elderly untouched but transformed the rest into raging animals. All except a select few, who don't know why they have been spared...