AUTUMN, the classic underground novel finally bursts into the mainstream. It is cold, dark, relentless - and uncomfortably plausible, a NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD for the 21st Century. 
 
In less than twenty-four hours a vicious and virulent viral epidemic destroys virtually all of the population. Billions are killed, within minutes. There are no symptoms and no warnings; within moments of infection each victim suffers a violent and agonising death. 
 
At the end of ten minutes, only a handful of survivors remain. By the end of the first day those survivors wish they were dead. 
 
By the end of the first week, as the dead get up and walk, they know they are in hell.