Introduction: The First Days (As the World Dies #1) Katie is driving to work one beautiful day when a dead man jumps into her car and tries to eat her.  That same morning, Jenni opens a bedroom door to find her husband devouring their toddler son. Fate puts Jenni and Katie鈥攖otal strangers鈥攖ogether in a pickup, fleeing the suddenly zombie-filled streets of the Texas city in which they live. Before the sun has set, they have become more than just friends and allies鈥攖hey are bonded as tightly as any two people who have been to war together. During their cross-Texas odyssey to find and rescue Jenni鈥檚 oldest son, Jenni discovers the joy of watching a zombie鈥檚 head explode when she shoots its brains out. Katie learns that she鈥檚 a terrific tactician鈥攁nd a pretty good shot. A chance encounter puts them on the road to an isolated, fortified town, besieged by zombies, where fewer than one hundred people cling to the shreds of civilization. It looks like the end of the world. But Katie and Jenni and many others will do whatever they have to to stay alive. Run, fight, pick each other up when they stumble, fall in love鈥?nything is possible at the end of the world....