The St. Jude's Anomaly

Synopsis

In a world silenced by a bio-engineered plague, a lone survivor, inexplicably immune, seeks refuge within the decaying labyrinth of St. Jude's Hospital. This once-hallowed ground, now a tomb of shattered medical equipment and forgotten lives, is the last bastion against a world overrun by mutated horrors and the gnawing specter of extinction. But the true contagion isn't just biological; it festers in the shadows of the hospital's past, where cryptic medical logs hint at the plague's genesis and the chilling experiments conducted within its walls. As the survivor navigates the treacherous corridors, a fragile alliance forms with other desperate souls: a guilt-ridden virologist haunted by his creation, a pragmatic nurse clinging to her humanity, and a hardened ex-security guard driven by pure survival. Shifting loyalties and moral compromises become as dangerous as the infected, forcing gut-wrenching decisions that blur the lines between hope and despair, trust and betrayal. Plagued by fragmented memories and the encroaching madness that isolation breeds, the survivor must confront not only the external threats but the terrifying possibility that the greatest enemy might be the erosion of their own humanity. When a trusted ally’s devastating betrayal shatters the fragile peace, the ultimate battle for survival begins, leaving the reader on the precipice of an uncertain, terrifying future.