Ruth King

A terrorist detonates a dirty bomb in the heart of a densely-populated city, unleashing a gruesome zombie plague that spreads like wildfire. Sarah's father would die if she didn't get him to a hospital fast. The hospital floor, awash with blood, is covered with the bodies of the dying and injured, doctors dart back and forth. Sarah stumbles back and her world fades to black.

After losing his life's work and his wife, a man joins the circus as a clown whose gag is that he is humiliatingly slapped in the face by others.