One Yellow Eye

De: Leigh Radford

Narrado por: Sofia Engstrand

In this “compulsively readable” (Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author), unique spin on zombie horror, a brilliant female scientist desperately searches for a cure after a devastating epidemic while also hiding a monumental secret—her undead husband.

How far would you go to save your marriage? For British scientist Kesta Shelley, there is no limit.

Having always preferred the company of microbes, Kesta has spent her life looking down the barrel of a microscope rather than cultivating personal relationships. But that changed when Kesta met Tim—her cheerleader, her best friend, her absolute everything. So, when he was one of the last people in London to be infected with a perplexing virus that left the city ravaged, Kesta went into triage mode.

Though the government has rounded up and disposed of all the infected, Kesta is able to keep her husband (un)alive and hidden with resources from the hospital where she works. She spends her days reviewing biopsy slides and her evenings caring for him, but he’s clearly declining. The sedatives aren’t working like they used to, and his violent outbursts are becoming more frequent. As Kesta races against the clock, her colleagues start noticing changes in her behavior and appearance. She is withering away, self-medicating with alcohol, and has stopped attending her mandated ZARG (Zombie Apocalypse Recovery Group) meetings. Her care for Tim has spiraled into absolute obsession.

There are whispers of a top-secret lab working on a cure, and Kesta clings to the possibility of being recruited like a lifeline. But can she save her husband before he is discovered? Or worse…will they trigger another zombie outbreak?

A Zombie book like no other

About what we become when we fight to save someone, and what we loose when we loose them...but also about what we become because of the people we love. Best book! Bravo!

Love and Science

How far would you go for love and science? Loved the narrator. Main character got annoying. Very selfish although I know what she was doing was filled with good intentions. She only thought about how she could, but not if she should. Ending a little weird and unexpected. Definitely an interesting take on a zombie story. I liked the science and morality of it. Would recommend.

Potentially interesting but largely frustrating

I’d have to admit that in part, my lukewarm reception of this book can be attributed to the fact that I’m not overly fond of the zombie genre. But beyond that, I found the lead character to be annoying. If a character is going to make reckless, irrational and inexplicable decisions, I’m afraid I’d need to understand her motivation. Simply being told she “just loves him so much!” was inadequate. Her desperate actions could have been explained and I may have been able to feel for her, even as I recognized the senselessness of her fight, if I knew them better. Also, the origin of the zoonotic virus was incredibly interesting and incredibly, under explored. She could hear with her tongue?? I want to know more about that! I want to know what’s happening with that going forward! To all the survivors!

Creative Grief Processing

I thought this was both sadly evocative and morbidly funny. The story is creative and well told. It is a great expression of how each person needs to be free to handle grief in their own way and that it cannot be escaped.

Intense Love Story

This was a deeply moving love story set in a somewhat familiar horror of a pandemic of zombie proportions. Layers exploring the manifestations of such diseases, our governments & scientific responses to them, and our base human drives coalesce into a brilliant story of grief. This emotion is captured so well by the narration that I was completely inside the story.