First published 2020
Jane McKeene stands amid the chaos of a zombie-infested America where the undead shamble through a nation still bleeding from civil war. The combat schools that trained her and other young women to fight the walking dead have crumbled. Jane must navigate a world where racial tensions burn as fiercely as the zombie plague spreads. She faces impossible choices between survival and justice, between protecting those she loves and fighting the systems that oppress her people. The shambler hordes grow stronger while human communities fracture along old prejudices. Jane discovers that the real monsters often walk on two legs and breathe. Her training prepared her to kill the undead, but nothing readied her for the living enemies who wield power over life and death. In this broken landscape, Jane fights not just for survival but for the right to determine her own fate in a country that has never seen her as fully human.
Genres: dystopia, action, alternate-history, african-american-historical-fiction
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: America
Period: Civil War
576 pages · Paperback · Titan Books Ltd
Content warnings: racism, violence