The Splits

You cannot shut out the pandemic of fear.

Two sisters share a traumatic childhood. They escape to build perfect lives, but then Claire’s son violently assaults her, and Anna’s husband starts losing his mind.

On the streets, a mysterious zombie pandemic known as ‘the Splits’ lingers. It is made up of many shifting conditions, with no known cause or cure. There are very few cases these days, but life has forever changed.

A slow-burn variety deadens its victims so stealthily it is invisible until the terrible end-stage. Has this taken hold in the sisters’ families?

When Anna hears about a risky experimental treatment, she is sceptical. Zombies have already returned from the dead, they can’t come back twice. But Claire believes it is her only chance to save her disintegrating son.

What happens next changes the sisters’ lives forever, as they chase one last shot at happiness.

 Spanning four decades and six first-person narratives, The Splits is a pandemic novel in the tradition of Stephen King’s The Stand, while its intimate character-driven plot is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. It will make you believe, it will shock you to your core, and it will make you think again about what it is to be human.