Only the Savage Are Left

A mysterious infection has turned much of the population into monsters, and the only way for the afflicted to recover is to kill someone else who carries the disease. Ryder, a gentle idealist who refuses violence, leaves the protection of his settlement anyway — his girlfriend has gone missing, and he means to bring her home.

Outside the walls he finds creatures hunting the survivors and ruthless monster-slayers who justify every atrocity as survival. The longer he searches, the harder it becomes to stay the person he was.

Zack Kaplan and Stefano Raffaele deliver a coming-of-age survival story about what is worth holding on to at the end of the world. Collects Only the Savage Are Left #1–#5.