Forbitten

Not all who are bitten are turned.

After World War III, better known as the Nuclear War, survivors were forced to move underground, where they had a better chance of survival. Those who were caught above ground in the aftermath inevitably died of exposure. However, the animals and vegetation were not so lucky. Although most species survived, they also mutated. And sometimes those mutations reached the remaining human population.

Shaddoe March lives in one of those subterranean bunkers, called SubForty. Her life is nowhere idyllic. No ones is. But shes healthy, and that means she has a future. Until, one day, her nightmare becomes reality, and shes infected.

She is thrown out of the bunker, above ground, unarmed and alone to face the hideous creatures and other Condemned whove been discarded to face their inevitable deaths. As she prepares herself for the worst, she finds redemption.

Chyler Comstock was also infected, but he didnt turn, and hes not dead. Yet. Neither are the thirty-two other souls whove banded together for the sake of survival. When he meets Shaddoe, hes more than willing to let her join their group, but not until the critical thirty-seven-hour window is passed. If she remains human after that, then shell be welcomed.

But, for now, its a waiting game, and the world ran out of patience decades ago.