"An outbreak turns people into zombie-like killing machines in this scary yet emotionally astute, provocative, and heartbreaking dystopian horror novel. "
Chilling and thought-provoking with dark flashes of humour peppering the pages, this novel reveals a possible future that is in fact, scary as heck. While the country believes the last zombie is dead, scientist Kesta is desperate to find a cure for her own husband turned zombie Tim, who is being kept chained up in her spare room. Author Leigh Radford has created a story that feels all too believable even as it ventures into the depths of horror with an attack of flesh-eating zombies. This tale blasts open the fear, grief, and devastation felt by those affected by a pandemic or terminal illness. It also highlights the most profound lows and highs of relationships, and questions how far you would go for those you love. The virus itself is truly hideous which ensures a strange level of tension, the need to eradicate the zombies is pitched against the love felt for those who have been infected. I ached, positively ached for the obsessive Kesta, though I’m not sure I would want her as my next door neighbour. This is more than just horror, it’s both clever and heartbreaking and so has been chosen as a Liz Pick of the Month. With a unique take on zombies, One Yellow Eye, is a compelling and haunting dystopian horror novel.
Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret - her undead husband.
Kesta's husband Tim was the last person to be bitten in a zombie pandemic. The country is now in a period of respite, the government seemingly having rounded up and disposed of all the infected.
But Kesta has a secret . . .
Tim may have been bitten, but he's not quite dead yet. In fact, he's tied to a bed in her spare room. And she's made him a promise: find a cure, bring him back.
A scientist by day, Kesta juggles intensive work under the microscope alongside Tim's care, slipping him stolen drugs to keep him docile, knowing she is hiding the only zombie left. But Kesta is running out of drugs - and time. Can she save her husband before he is discovered? Or worse . . . will they trigger another outbreak?
One Yellow Eye features in the following genres: Audiobooks of the Month, Debuts, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Mythical creatures: Zombies and the undead, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Romantic suspense, Narrative theme: Health and illness, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Mythical creatures: Zombies and the undead, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Contemporary horror and ghost stories
One Yellow Eye is available in Paperback, Hardback, Audiobook
One Yellow Eye was written by Leigh Radford and published by Nightfire an imprint of Pan Macmillan
One Yellow Eye has 352 pages
£19.80
