Julie Graham

Reunited and on the road, the Family travel south on the look out for a new home. They encounter a small but thriving community of survivors and decide to take up their offer of hospitality. While Al and Sarah enjoy their new romance, Tom simmers as Anya makes friends with Judy, the community's leader. Meanwhile, Greg and Abby return to Greg's house one last time.

With Abby still missing and Greg recovering from his injuries, the Family are left scavenging for survival in the city. While Naj leaves graffiti messages for Abby, Tom steals supplies from other survivors. The Family learn that more people have been abducted like Abby and that the kidnappers bear the markings of a known pharmaceutical company.

99 percent of the population is dead, Abby has been kidnapped and Greg lies badly wounded - can things get any worse for the Family? Anya realises that they will need medical equipment to save Greg's life and she leads Al and Tom into a hospital. Once inside they face both the threat of disease from long dead bodies and a raging fire which is making the building unstable.

Abby and her new friends discover that supplies will not be shared equally in the new world, as they come face to face with a gang of armed thugs who have laid claim to the supermarkets in the area, leaving them short of food and water. Greg, meanwhile, meets a young woman with a tempting proposition for him which would leave him with a comfortable new life, but would also mean turning his back on the others.