Three days before the catastrophe, cautious stockbroker Brandon Carver senses danger in a handful of news reports and begins stockpiling supplies and reinforcing doors and windows. He has no golden finger and no special forces training. He is just an ordinary man trying to survive the collapse of civilization.
On Monday morning, the apocalypse arrives right on schedule. Brandon discovers that he has saved not only himself, but also Elsie, a Black housekeeper who was bitten and hid the truth. That wound will become the apocalypse's cruelest test of human nature.
From a suburban villa to the ruins of Macon, from strangers he trusts to companions who betray him, Brandon struggles to survive in a world overrun by the walking dead, with the six-year-old boy Hope entrusted to him by Elsie. Again and again, he faces the ultimate question: Who is he willing to open that door for?
This is an apocalypse novel about how ordinary people survive the first week. There are no heroes, only choices; no miracles, only consequences. As the gates of the terminal loom in the distance, Brandon finally understands that the collapse of civilization is not a deafening crash. It is humanity's silent unraveling every time someone opens or closes that door.
I have always wanted to read a real apocalyptic novel without cheating and a human protagonist. The word count is too short, I read it in one sitting, please keep updating!