Ward Z

When a new patient arrives on his hospital ward, Dr. Andrew Page assumes she's just another in a long line of people who need his help. Having been disgraced several years earlier, Page is a bitter man who sees his cancer patients as barely human. But this particular patient is hiding a dark secret, buried deep within her body.Soon the ward is in lockdown, and Page is the only man who might be able to save the word from a terrifying new life-form. The new patient's tumor is spreading and seemingly becoming sentient, creating a strain of creatures that looks, sound and act exactly like zombies.For Page, this is a chance to reclaim his reputation and make a huge breakthrough. For the military, however, the creatures are a deadly threat. When the ward is sealed off, Page finds himself in a race against time, not only to discover the truth about the creatures but also to stop the military destroying the entire building – with everyone, infected or not, trapped inside.Ward Z is the first book in a series about a deadly infection, and about the different factions that try to destroy – and sometimes profit from – a new form of life.

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