The A-Virus Series

Will Batchelor hates his new life in London, the private school his father forces him to go to. He misses Brighton. He misses his friends. He misses home. But little does Will realise that his problems are about to pale into insignificance. That lurking on the horizon is a threat like no other. Unseen. Contagious. Deadly. As his world crumbles, is there anything he can do to save it? Or will he lose everything he loves, and everyone?

Just as it looks like all hope is lost, Will receives a text message from a friend he thought dead. Asking if anyone is still out there. If anyone is still alive. The problem: Will is in London. His friend is in Brighton. But after calling and getting no reply, Will makes the decision without hesitation. He will make the long journey to Brighton, across the silent, deathly wasteland that the world has become. Yet, it is a journey that he will not have to make alone . . . Episode two in The A-Virus Series–short listens that weave a thrilling, post-apocalyptic tale!

Having seen no human life for two days, Will and Chloe never expect to hear a car engine. To see the car emerging over the hill. To see the shotgun-wielding men emerge from it. The gun pointed directly at them. The men’s grins nothing but friendly. Because for Chloe and Will, the men have a purpose. A purpose which could not be more terrible.

Their journey is finally at an end, but their new reality has only just begun. In a desolate city, haunted by memories at every corner, Will – with Chloe and Daniel beside him – must make a new life from the wreckage of the A-Virus. But as grief and isolation divides them, and problems surmount them, one question screams through it all: Are they truly alone in this world? Or is there somebody else out there? Watching.

When Will wakes up in the back of the van–in agony and struggling for breath; his limbs cable-tied–it takes him a moment to remember the girl in the supermarket. For weeks, he had been trying to find survivors. And she had been at the middle of the dog food aisle. Just standing there.

Will can't escape the image burned into his mind—Leo's gunshot. The horror that followed. Daniel’s screams. Chip’s agonised barks. The wailing of his campmates. The nightmare which haunts them all. One thing is certain now: they are prisoners. Watched at every turn and under threat with each passing second. Powerless. Trapped. But just when all seems bleak, an opportunity emerges. A single, reckless chance at escape.