The Collapse

Book 0 in AFTERMATH, A Zombie Apocalypse Series

By: Alice B. Sullivan

Narrated by: Jennifer Foulk

The virus is here.

Karen Gallagher is a mother, a wife, and a scientist, and her past is catching up to her. As the world falls victim to a viral pandemic, Karen struggles to keep her daughter safe, forced to turn to the people who burned her all while harboring an awful secret.

Modern science is meant to progress humanity, and scientists dare to cross boundaries seemingly impassable, but when Anne White's unethical and immoral experiment to cure the incurable goes awry and is shut down, Clinical Pathologist Frank Eastman secretly takes the project into his own hands, accidentally releasing a bioengineered chimera virus that not only spreads like wildfire and kills its victims, it reanimates them, turning them into voracious flesh-eating husks of their former selves.

Karen Gallagher only wants to do right by her family, and when horrible news and videos air of crazed people attacking others, her husband convinces her they have nothing to worry about, but what else is she supposed to think when a man who was shot multiple times gets up, unfazed by his wounds, to attack the officers who gunned him down? Karen knows all too well there's more to this story, and her only goal now is to keep her seven-year-old daughter safe.

Told from dual perspectives, The Collapse follows the how of a zombie outbreak, taking you on a heart-wrenching journey of familial love.

©2021 Alice B. Sullivan (P)2025 Audio copyright owner

The Collapse

I loved the book and loved the voice of the narrator. It was exciting and calm at the same time.

Enjoyed this finished it quickly

Many apocalyptic stories start in the middle. This one starts at the beginning and gives details that sets the story. I enjoyed it and look forward to additional books.

I love the Undeaders!

For those of you that are thinking the zombie apocalypse in literature thing is over haven’t read this one yet! I was absolutely drawn into the setting. All Hell breaks loose and it’s survival time. I’m not surviving this book. Just saying. The characters felt real and Alice did a fantastic job of creating a sense of dread. She lets you catch your breath when needed, but then, zombies. Highly recommended by me and my cat, Domino.