A post apocalyptic tale told from the perspective of a medicolegal death investigator who experienced the end of the familiar world during a double shift.
On her final shift as a Medicolegal Death Investigator, a routine case becomes the first data point in a pattern that signals the collapse of humanity. As a biotech catastrophe spreads unchecked, she is left with the only tools she has ever trusted: clinical detachment, forensic expertise, and an investigator's instinct for truth.
Moving through a city transformed into an open-air morgue, she documents abandoned cars, silent homes, and uncounted dead. With no systems left to report to and no help left to summon, she becomes the last responder-bearing witness to the end of the world through the careful reading of death scenes.
A character-driven post-apocalyptic medical thriller, this novel blends scientifically grounded biotech horror with psychological tension and graphic realism. It explores duty, identity, and compassion in a world where survival is no longer possible, and documentation becomes the final act of care.
This is her final report.
BISAC Categories
FIC028010 - FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
FIC031050 - FICTION / Thrillers / Medical
FIC015000 - FICTION / Horror
Keywords
post-apocalyptic medical thriller; biotech apocalypse; medical horror fiction; genetic experiment gone wrong; pandemic collapse; body horror science fiction; dystopian medical mystery
Comparable Titles / Authors
Stephen King
Joe Hill
Michael Crichton (The Andromeda Strain)
Scott Sigler (Infected)
Robin Cook (Pandemic)
M.R. Carey (The Girl with All the Gifts)
Autorentext
As a poster child for late-diagnosed ADHD, Christina Tengelin has finally accepted that she's just going to be interested in doing all the things. An amateur Strongwoman athlete, a visual artist, an author, and the founder of the Memento Mei Foundation, she finds joy in being creative and bringing joy to others. As a Medicolegal Death Investigator she got through the hard stuff by developing a deep pride in helping make the worst day in the lives of others a little easier to get through.