Slack Water

On remote islands in the Pacific, the survivors of the Great Dying struggle to rebuild their world. Intrepid yachtsmen mount risky voyages to the mainland, picking over the ruins in dangerous missions to recover useful salvage. For the end of the world was just the beginning of a new horror. The plague didn't just kill 99% of humanity - it brought its victims back, their bodies animated by the virus itself. The monsters are deadly but mindless predators. They can't be outfought - but they can be outwitted. Everything changes when Matty, a teen-aged solo sailor, returns with a story of new intelligent alphas, who can coordinate and control the mindless drones. She argues that a war is coming - and humanity must strike first. In SLACK WATER, she must forge a new crew from the disparate survivors and mount an expedition to discover the emerging threat's intentions. But Matty learns that evil has many faces and that, before defeating her enemy beyond the horizon, she must battle those closer to home.