Operation Playground: Zero

After the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead

• infection
• outbreak
• grief
• survival
• dying mother
• death of mother
• living dead
• zombie apocalypse
• high fantasy
• child protagonist
• non-verbal
• protective brother
• post-apocalyptic
• world-building
• loss of childhood