The Virus Within

by Crystal Scherer

(Old 2017 rough draft edition)

What do you do when you are one of the infected?

The virus in my blood is trying to steal my humanity. It alters my very thoughts and reactions. It taunts me by tempting me with desires that it planted in my brain. These bloodthirsty desires would lead to my demise if I ever gave in. I have more in common with the zombies than with humans at this point. Even the fallen zombies accept me as one of their own.

Blood is required to retain my grip on sanity, but the sweet smelling blood from humans is a short path to madness. Human blood is to be avoided at all costs.

Humankind around the world was driven close to extinction by the sudden appearance of the zombies, yet small groups of survivors constantly manage to appear and put my control to the test.

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Sneak Peek:
I obviously wanted nothing to do with them. Why were humans so bloody persistent?

I altered my direction a bit and picked up some speed, but the ground shook from the vehicles as they closed in. The car and truck angled towards each other before slamming on the brakes to form a roadblock. The car slid right in front of me, close enough that I could feel the heat from the engine as the front of the car went by me. It was close enough that I didn't even have enough space to slow down.

Not that slowing down had been in any of my plans to start with.

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Rough draft 335,000 words. Revised version posted Nov 2021 on Wattpad app as The Virus Within: The Road Ahead

Genres: Fantasy

Unknown Binding

About the author

I am a writer with several published works and several free rough drafts.
Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, as well as free drafts on Wattpad, RoyalRoad, Inkitt, and several other platforms.

Reviews

[Kassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new twist on the zombie gene. This is one of my favorite books.

[George Bartolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it even if it changed but still, I wish they kept the original.. I adored the original since it have a special place in my heart since I was in high school, it became a sweet memory of mine and I always would read it if I got the chance..now I can't even read it anymore which sucks but not much I can do

[Beyonce Maldonado · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read, very realistic take on zombies, and I could tell the author did a lot of research for this book by the she explain the virus. My favorite zombie book, definitely will read again.

[Eve · Rating 5 out of 5]

beatiful

[Caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this ages ago when it wasn’t a paid story. It was so good! I highly recommend.

[Urvi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely amazing, the plot was so original and entertaining. The amount of thought and detail that went in can absolutely be seen. I love this book, honestly one of the best!

[Ariana Bear · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are 4 more books but those aren't on good reads :(

[Claus Conrad · Rating 5 out of 5]

I discovered Crystal Scherer via her Wattpad exclusive "Between the Crystals". This is yet another similarly great read from her.

[DecadentDuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed my mind about disliking anything to do with Zombies. I love the dynamic between Trinity and Nicky.

The new version had some really great changes and the series as a whole is very thoughtful.