Emma and Jake go from place to place, scavenging and desperately trying to find other people that can help them survive but like you’d expect, not everyone is very altruistic during the end of the world. What makes Shana Festa’s novel really stand out is the fact that she really focuses on the emotions her characters go through as they lose almost everything they once held dear. Time of Death: Induction is no different. Every author has a different take on the zombie apocalypse and while some are more creative than others, most of the ones I choose to read are generally pretty good.

I love zombie novels and I’ve read quite a few of them in the past two years or so, ever since Mira Grant’s Feed sparked my appetite for them. Relying on snarky wit and sheer determination, she is forced to commit atrocious acts to protect her family and avoid joining the ranks of the undead. Fighting to survive the zombie apocalypse alongside her husband Jake and their dog Daphne, Emma comes face-to-face with her worst nightmare. Within days, a small pocket of panicked survivors are all that remain of civilization. Infection ravages the Eastern Seaboard with alarming speed while attempts to contain the spread of infection fail.

In Cape Coral, Florida, a storm approaches. She will don her cap and gown and graduate with a degree in nursing, but not before she loses her first patient and is confronted with a new reality. In a few short days, 37 year old Emma Rossi’s hard work will finally pay off. When no one or nowhere is safe, where do you go to escape the monsters?

Induction by Shana Festa