Dorothy Mayling thought her worst problem was an ongoing family feud - then the Silence came and assaulted her family, the people she was determined to keep safe. Helen Locke fought to hold together a bastion of civilization against the zombie-like Silents and those who would rather be savages alike. And young Becky was a survivor, raised in the aftermath, and only wanting to live her life - when the true horror of the plague was revealed.