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One Yellow Eye

Synopsis

‘One for those with strong stomachs and big hearts’ – The Times

A scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret – her undead husband.

First paperback print run to include yellow sprayed edges!

Kesta’s husband, Tim, was the last person to be bitten in a zombie pandemic. The country is now in a period of respite, the government seemingly having rounded up and disposed of all the infected.

But Kesta has a secret . . .

Tim may have been bitten, but he’s not quite dead yet. In fact, he’s tied to a bed in her spare room. And she’s made him a promise: find a cure, bring him back.

A scientist by day, Kesta juggles intensive work under the microscope alongside Tim’s care, slipping him stolen drugs to keep him docile while knowing she is hiding the only zombie left. But Kesta is running out of drugs – and time. Can she save her husband before he is discovered? Or worse . . . will they trigger another outbreak?

‘An acidic, funny, queasy debut’ – Emma Van Straaten, bestselling author of This Immaculate Body

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WHY READERS LOVE LEIGH RADFORD'S ONE YELLOW EYE:

'I absolutely devoured this (pardon the pun)'

'Man oh man. This is one of those hypnotizing novels that just instantly compels you to keep reading'

'Grimy, atmospheric and so beautifully bleak, it absolutely burrowed under my skin'

Details

07 May 2026
352 pages
9781035048298
Imprint: Tor Nightfire

Reviews

Compulsively readable. A propulsive, page-turning descent into all that is lovely and grotesque about grief, obsession and loveOlivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six and Masters of Death
Gripping, grisly and wonderfully writtenDaily Mail
A gripping, sometimes darkly funny depiction of the grotesque lengths to which love might drive someone in refusing to accept an inevitable endThe Guardian
Unflinching, subversive, and deeply human, Radford delivers a zombie love story for the agesMaggie Su, author of Blob