ATTENTION: This is a serialized novel that’s being released in six installments. This is the FIRST serial.
SYNOPSIS FOR THE ENTIRE NOVEL:
Humanity's war against the living dead has been lost. In the wake of the apocalypse, the living fight fiercely for what little they have.
In this hell-on-earth Casey, armed with a baseball bat, and joined by a mute boy named Alex, struggles to survive. When a man named Danny stumbles upon them, it's mistrust at first sight – but times are desperate. Danny leads them to a thriving settlement where danger lurks beneath the guise of kindness.
It's kill or be killed in a world where power is life, and the earth is overrun by walking dead.
When I first started reading this it reminded me a little of The Walking Dead because it's main focus is on how human survivors change as they deal with the fall of civilization. It didn't take long though to realize that the story for Disease is much better then The Walking Dead and I think this is how people would act when zombies take over the world.
Disease begins after society has collapsed. The first characters we meet are a young woman named Casey who is on the run with a boy named Alex. You see how desperate they are as they explore a house that's crawling with zombies. They battle the undead inside and get excited as they find an unopened can of dog food. Casey and Alex are slowly starving to death and a can of dog food is like a godsend if there is a god in the zombie apocalypse.
Things aren't bad for everyone though, in part 1 of this serial we also meet a woman named Lot who has started a new society in a hotel. Lot and her followers have everything they need and they started trading with other survivors that have set up their own communities. Lot's hotel looks like a little utopia in this world where zombies rule, but not everything is as it seems.
Meanwhile Casey and Alex meet up with a group of Lot's followers led by Danny and it looks like they have finally gotten the help they need. The hotel for them is a blessing and a curse and they soon realize they may have been better off with the zombies. Because some of the people are bigger monsters than the zombies outside. This book is a must read for zombie fans and I can't wait for the next installment.
The first part of the serial is a great look at how brutal this new world is. The zombies are gruesome and M.F. Wahl describes them in vivid detail. I also liked how she showed how desperate life is for each characters. From the beginning of this book I was hooked and couldn't wait to see what happened to Alex and Casey next.