Rust-Colored Rain: A Zombie Apocalypse Thriller (Wrack and Ruin Book 1)

In Mackinaw, Illinois, Oliver McCallister is managing a personal secret while his wife Zoe attends nursing classes, unaware of what he's hiding. When an emergency broadcast announces a ten-kilometer asteroid's arrival, a nuclear strike destroys it successfully. The sky fills with crimson clouds, and rust-colored rain falls as people celebrate what seems to be a narrowly averted apocalypse. However, the catastrophe unfolds differently than expected. People exposed to the rain experience bleeding eyes, extreme hunger, mental deterioration, and transformation into the undead. Oliver fights through the chaos to rescue a six-year-old named Jurnee and return home to find Zoe. Meanwhile, Zoe must survive with a group of other survivors, avoiding the infectious red rains and navigating a courthouse overrun with zombies. The novel follows both characters as they struggle to reunite and adapt to this transformed world. Their survival depends on Oliver's protective instincts, Zoe's medical knowledge, and Jurnee's resilience. This is the first book in the Wrack and Ruin series by Otto Schafer, author of the God Stones series.