The city of Fairfield

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turn purple, blood would become a lumpy brownish colour, and your skin would turn a terrible grey. Once the virus reached full strength, the host turned into a ravenous infected human. Pale, bloody and manic versions of their old selves. Even the immune were not safe from the infected’s relentless attacks. They’d had lost their sense of self preservation; they were not afraid to rush a well defended barricade or attack a group of armed humans. Following the widespread chaos and confusion of the rapid outbreak, riots erupted on the streets as the infected were quarantined, power lines were severed, and only emergency electrical equipment or anything powered by a generator was still active. There was strength in numbers. And the infected certainly had numbers.

Survival was something well known to the old Vietnam war veteran. William “Bill” Overbeck had holed himself up inside a small grocery shop. It took two eventful tours in Vietnam, a handful of medals, a knee full of shrapnel, ...

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