Dead & Sick - Hardcover

by A. Janae Diminick (Author)

Dead & Sick begins at the end of the world where the living are sick and the sick are dying. After a virulent outbreak collapses society in a matter of weeks, cadavers rise carrying more than death. Bodies pile in the streets, buildings are left in blood-soaked ruin, and families are torn apart.

In a brutal twist of fate, the kidnapping of eighteen-year-old Audrey Hamilton and several of her peers becomes the very thing that keeps them alive longer than most. Forced into leadership, Audrey quickly learns that survival demands decisive violence and the ability to live with its consequences. Trapped between the brutality of the living and the ruthless hunger of the dead, Audrey emerges as an unlikely leader.

While Audrey works her way through milestones that should have been simple, she is faced with the unbearably cruel tragedy of love and intimacy during a time when survival is not promised. Loyalty fractures, moral lines blur, and the bond between two lifelong friends, Daniel and James, evolves into a dangerous triangle of desire, loyalty, and obsession, with Audrey caught at the center.

Dead & Sick is the first book in a new adult post-apocalyptic urban fantasy series with elements of horror and dark romance. It is a character-driven story about leadership and loss, found family and forbidden longing, and the thin line between the living and the dead. Perfect for readers who enjoy The Walking Dead, The Last of Us, Station Eleven, and The Originals, Dead & Sick is not a tale of saving the world, but of learning how to live in it once it collapses.