I always thought when the apocalypse finally began I would be swinging my baseball bat with the best of them, in true zombie slayer fashion. I was prepped and ready to smash in some heads if the need ever arose. The problem is...no one ever warned me that I would have to fear the humans instead. The ones who still remember their names and how to put a gun to your temple when they want something. The others...well,they pretty much keep to themselves. Wither is a psychological thriller that poses the question...what if the zombies aren't the ones we should fear? What if it's human nature instead? How far would YOU go to survive just one more day? Do not fear the Withered Ones. Fear the ones still human.

Nearly two months after a kidnapping, brutal gang attacks and the death of the only man she had ever loved, Avery Whitlock believed she could survive anything—until she crossed the Tennessee border and straight into hostile territory. Hunted by a ravenous pack of mutated Withered, she stumbled right into the military’s crosshairs. Avery discovered a group of survivors concealed within the ruins of the once Grand Ole Opry Hotel. Although protected by high walls of debris and ample firepower, Avery began to suspect that the real threat wouldn’t come from the outside but from within their own ranks. When a perimeter breach forces Avery to risk it all, she will find herself flirting with death—and the horrific truth of how the Withered came into being.

Though Avery Whitlock may have won the battle of the Grand Opry hotel, she knows the war is just beginning. Cable would stop at nothing to have her now that she was within his grasp—but to stay meant endangering innocent lives. No longer fully human and unwilling to accept her fate as a flesh-eating zombie, she must abandon the only place she could call home in order to save Nox and his people. Driven to prevent anyone else from suffering from the same fate, she follows the trail of the doctor responsible for the heinous mutations as he races to reach the Atlanta Safe Zone. But with spilled blood on her hands and malice in her heart, her cravings to kill become amplified—and her grip on her humanity begins to slip. Only the love of those closest to Avery can bring her back from the edge, but will they be able to reach her in time to save their own lives?