The Pastures Turned To Rust: Part I - The First Blight

A mother and son, a fractured bond, and a world on the brink of madness.

Hunter Langford never wanted to be here—off the grid in the wilds of New Zealand, trying to repair a broken relationship with his mother, Ginny. But what was supposed to be a month of forced bonding becomes a desperate fight for survival when news reaches them of a strange, mutated virus spreading across the United States. Born from the very heart of America’s dairy farms, the virus doesn’t just infect—it transforms. Victims become hyper-aggressive, chaotic forces of destruction, their humanity stripped away.

Separated from their family back in Wisconsin, Hunter and Ginny are thrust into an unforgiving reality. As society collapses, their homesteading retreat becomes their only sanctuary. But the virus isn’t contained. Whispers of danger creep even into their remote refuge, bringing with it infected individuals driven by an insatiable need to destroy.

With each passing day, the stakes rise. As Hunter struggles

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