Welcome to Wyrmrot
FIRST CAME THE DRAGONS
When scientists brought everyone’s favorite fairytale creature to life, people flocked to see them, including 17-year-old Zelda Rissland.
THEN CAME THE PARASITE
But scientists created more than just dragons—they created a deadly parasite. Wyrmrot, they later called it. First, it ate your brain, and then it made you eat other people’s brains.
NOW ZELDA MUST SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
Separated from her family, the only person Zelda has left from her former life is her childhood friend turned boyfriend, Cooper Marotta. Together they’ve carved out a safe place for themselves in a world turned upside down, but when a zombie horde decimates their survivor group, they face a choice: attempt to rebuild or follow the mysterious coordinates that appeared on a construction sign.
Zelda still hopes her family is out there somewhere and believes the coordinates might lead her to them. Cooper, however, thinks the coordinates will only bring trouble. When the remaining survivors vote to undertake the perilous cross-country journey, he attempts to deter them every step of the way. What Zelda discovers at their destination will test her loyalties and change everything she thought she knew about the apocalypse.
THINGS HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL
Six months have passed since Zelda sent out the message of a safe haven, and things have returned to normal—or as normal as they can be for a zombie apocalypse. Zelda has a safe place to live and plenty of food, her parents and friends are thriving, and no one from Dr. Aldrick’s group has come for her.
THEN A STRANGE MESSAGE ARRIVES
When a cryptic message arrives with Zelda’s childhood nickname, she’s convinced it must be from her younger brother, Amory. But is it a cry for help or a trap to lure her in?
NOW ZELDA MUST STAGE A RESCUE
Together with her friends and her dragon companion, Zelda sets out to find her missing brother. Along the way she’ll encounter old friends and new enemies, but if she hopes to rescue Amory before his captors’ experiments turn him into a monster, she’ll need to accept help from the one person she thought she’d never trust again.