Garner, Em

Velvet fights for her family's survival after a widespread contamination turns a segment of the population, including her mother, into ultra-violent zombie-like creatures.

After losing her parents during the "Contamination," which turned people into crazed psychopaths, Velvet Ellis struggled to get by and raise her younger sister. Now that the victims of the Contamination are being rehabilitated, Velvet hopes to be able to rebuild her family -- but soon learns that the worst is yet to come.

The Contamination that turns people into ultra-violent zombie-like creatures is abating, but now seventeen-year-old Velvet must hide from checkpoints for the disease, to prevent the government from imprisoning her.

After losing her parents during the "Contamination," which turned people into crazed psychopaths, Velvet Ellis struggled to get by and raise her younger sister. Now that the victims of the Contamination are being rehabilitated, Velvet hopes to be able to rebuild her family -- but soon learns that the worst is yet to come.