A plague infects 99% of the population. It is said a mere 144,000 remain. Those afflicted succumb to violent illness, slip away, and die peacefully days after without regaining consciousness. Two days later, they rise. What started off as mere zombie lore quickly turns to a spiritual mission the likes of which readers haven't seen since Stephen King's, The Stand. A roving band of seven survivors travel city to city in search of others that escaped the infection and cleansing the infected along the way.

It was refreshing to find a zombie book that didn't deliver the standard raiding and marauding. Instead, The Forgotten allows us a glimpse into a dystopian future. Part disaster, part spirituality, The Forgotten is The Stand for the next generation as told from the creative mind of Jacqueline Druga.

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