Remember the future/fantasy world? Humanity has been infected with a plague that kills and then mobilises. Thousands of zombies control the world and only a very few are immune from the infection. Book one was set in a village in a forest, book two looked at the next generation who were living by the sea. In the final volume of the trilogy, our heroes head for the remaining city. But just as they arrive, the outer reaches of the city are invaded and they get trapped/imprisoned on a small island in the middle of the river.

This is by far the darkest of the three books. Hopelessness, death and depression appear to be the main themes. Very unusual in this series that has really been about the redemptive power of love. I don’t want to spoil it, but I will advise that no matter how dark and depressing it gets, keep reading, you will be rewarded in the end.

I don’t see how there can be a fourth book, but you never know.