George Roberts, a young Welsh doctor, is one of the first to be selected for The Cure, but the infection has left its mark on him.

The physical changes, his dark red eyes, his deep husky voice and his pale dry skin, are the least of it. His real problem is, he can't remember what he did while he was infected. It is virtually certain he killed people. It is inconceivable that he didn't infect others. And, it is entirely possible that his wife & children were among his victims...

Book One of The Cursed Trilogy takes a highly original look at a plague that has wiped out most of the population of Britain, and traces the fracturing of social, political, and personal relationship which occurs in its immediate aftermath