The First Days (As the World Dies 1) Katie is driving to work one beautiful day when a dead man ju, Jenni opens a bedroo their toddler son Fate puts Jenni and Katie--total strangers--together in a pickup, fleeing the suddenly zombie-filled streets of the Texas city in which they live Before the sun has set, they have becohtly as any two people who have been to war together During their cross-Texas odyssey to find and rescue Jenni’s oldest son, Jenni discovers the joy of watching a zombie’s head explode when she shoots its brains out Katie learns that she’s a terrific tactician--and a pretty good shot A chance encounter puts theed by zo to the shreds of civilization It looks like the end of the world But Katie and Jenni and many others will do whatever they have to to stay alive Run, fight, pick each other up when they stu is possible at the end of the world