num_pages: 144
description: The end of the world has to start somewhere. In the summer of 2014 two scientific breakthroughs--one a cure for cancer the other a cure for the common cold--seemed certain to change the future of mankind forever. What no one could have guessed was that these miraculous advancements would change humanity's future by nearly bringing it to an end.'Countdown' is the first novella set in the world of Feed and tracks the early days of the Rising from well-meaning medical research to the dead beginning to walk. Meet the accidental creators of the zombie apocalypse and ask yourself for the first time: When will you Rise?A Mira Grant short story 'Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box' is also included. It's the chronicle of a high school game turned deadly the things we do for friendship and the true cost of learning things man wasn't meant to know.
language: English
title: When Will You Rise: Countdown / Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box
publisher: Subterranean