Quarantine — John W. Vance

Second Edition. Re-formatted and updated with a new cover.

Devin Chase, a writer by trade sits in his apartment in New York unaware that his fiance is the first victim of a worldwide pandemic called, The Death. Upon learning of his fiance's condition he sets out to find her. Unprepared and unsuccessful he barely survives the initial days and takes refuge in a secluded barn in the Midwest.
After six months he emerges from his self imposed quarantine to find that over 90% of the world's population is dead. Even though he had lacked the formal knowledge or skills of survival he manages to adapt as he goes.
As he travels the barren wasteland, he discovers the world he knew is gone. It has been replaced with a savage and brutal world where the only rule is 'kill or be killed'.
A thousand miles away, Lori Roberts, a mother of two, wife and successful business woman must tackle the harsh realities The Death has imposed. Within weeks of the outbreak, her family is quarantined at a FEMA camp. At first they believe the camp is their sanctuary, but soon discover something entirely different and sinister is happening to the survivors.
Two people, two survivors but one ultimate outcome. They survived The Death but will they survive what the world has become.