Last Ones Left Alive av Sarah Davis-Goff

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<p><b>''Absolutely amazing... a cross between <i>The Road</i> by Cormac McCarthy and <i>The Walking Dead''</i> Eoin Colfer</b><br><b>''You''ll be terrified, fascinated and above all, uplifted by Orpen - a heroine to rival Philip Pullman''s Lyra or <i>The Passage''s</i></b><b>Amy<i>'' Stylist</i></b><br><br>Raised by her mother and Maeve on Slanbeg, an island off the west coast of Ireland, Orpen has a childhood of love and stories by the fireside. But the stories grow darker, and the training begins. Ireland has been devoured by a ravening menace known as the skrake, and though Slanbeg is safe for now, the women must always be ready to run, or to fight.<br><br>When Maeve is bitten, Orpen is faced with a dilemma: kill Maeve before her transformation is complete, or try to get help. So Orpen sets off, with Maeve in a wheelbarrow and her dog at her side, in the hope of finding other survivors, and a cure. It is a journey that will test Orpen to her limits, on which she will learn who she r