The Splits
"UNLIKE ANY OTHER ZOMBIE NOVEL I HAVE EVER READ." Horror Fiction Review
"A STYLE AND ENERGY WHICH SETS IT APART FROM THE FIELD... THIS BOOK POPS." Jay Wilburn, author of Beautiful Darkness
If the pandemic doesn't tear apart your family, the fear will.
Claire's life is good. She has left behind a traumatic childhood, and the mysterious zombie disease known as 'the Splits' that lingers on the edges of ordinary life doesn't worry her.
But then her son, Michael, starts losing his mind. Could he be infected? There is a slow-burn sub-type which deadens its victims so stealthily its only symptoms are psychological.
Claire's journalist sister, Anna, knows of a risky experimental treatment. The scientist behind it claims the zombies are only half the story of the Splits - there are also ghosts. These ghosts are the lost minds of the victims, and they can be brought back...
Claire believes the treatment is her only chance to save her disintegrating child. But Anna doesn't believe in ghosts and she won't help.
What happens next changes the lives of Claire, Anna and Michael forever, as they struggle to rescue their crumbling family.
Spanning four decades and six first-person narratives, The Splits is an epic supernatural pandemic novel in the tradition of Stephen King's The Stand. Its intimate character-driven plot is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. You will believe, you will be shaken to your core, and you will think again about what it is to be human. Buy it now to discover the truth about The Splits.
Critics say:
"THE RELATIONSHIPS AND DIALOGUE ARE SPOT ON AND TOTALLY BELIEVABLE. AN AMBITIOUS STORY THAT IS COMPLEX AND ORIGINAL." Phantasmagoria Magazine
"FANTASTIC WRITING, CLEVER AND BALLSY NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE - A MASTERFUL BUNDLE OF TENSION. MADE ME APPRECIATE HOW ZOMBIES CAN BE TREATED IN A VERY ORIGINAL WAY." Horror World & Reviews
Readers say:
"Beautifully written and deeply unsettling."
"Chilling yet strangely comforting... truly a book for our time."
"Like Get Out it transcends its genre."
"Unusually well-written."
"Like The Girl with All the Gifts, this is intelligent modern horror."
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