Hunted

Those that are dead are the lucky ones. Most of the Earth's population has been wiped out. Those that were spared are doomed to go on living in an empty world full of memories and ghosts. Mark is one of those few, surviving in the forest on the edge of his hometown in crippling isolation. His existence is purposeless. He scavenges for what he can whilst doing everything to avoid the Hunters, deadly creatures that stalk through the ruins in search of prey. Then one day, Mark finds something on one of his journeys. Something he never imagined he could find. A child - completely helpless and destined to be the world's next victim. Mark knows what he must do. He takes the child and raises him as his own. But in a world fraught with danger and with no hope of a future, he soon finds himself tortured by his decision. And it won't be long before they face a new threat - one far more dangerous than Hunters - that will push that decision to its breaking point.

Robert Woods was born in the UK in 1996. He studied Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southampton for four years, a course which was partly taken due to his deep-rooted interest in science fiction, and has been a season ticket holder at Reading Football Club for the majority of his life. Throughout his childhood, Robert has harboured a passion for books and for writing fiction. This passion eventually amalgamated itself in the form of Hunted, which he wrote as his first novel during his third year at university.