The Infection

In early April of 2012, the unmanned Mars lander Faith returned to Earth with samples of the bacteria, the first life form discovered outside of our comfortable, blue planet. We kept it in quarantine and followed CDC procedures to ensure appropriate protective measures were taken. It wasn’t enough. The seemingly benign bacteria mutated when introduced to our oxygen-rich atmosphere.
This was how The Infection officially started, although the epidemic proportions of it were not fully recognized at the time. If the outbreak had occurred only at our labs, we could have contained it. In truth, it had started in the wild, weeks before. Faith had collected three vials of the bacteria. Only two vials made it to our labs at NASA.

The Infection is an anthology by 7 authors, based in the post-pandemic world of the undead.

Authors: Twana Biram, Marion Clarke, Gerard Gogarty, Vincent Hughes, Mitch Lavender, Bernard O'Rourke and Andrew Shortall.