The Afflicted

An aeroplane crashes at Melbourne airport and sole survivor Evan Crow wakes up on the tarmac suffering severe memory loss. Surrounded by zombies he flees, recalling only that he left his young children in Tasmania with his father. He has to navigate a city filled with ravenous zombies to rescue his children, whilst trying to remember who he is. Evan is unsure of his past, his future, and simply trying to survive each day. The action is fast amid the ever present horror from the novel's dramatic beginning through to the heart-pounding ending.