One Yellow Eye

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Pub Date 17 Jul 2025 | Archive Date 17 Jul 2025
Pan Macmillan | Tor Nightfire

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‘Compulsively readable’
OLIVIE BLAKE, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six and Masters of Death

Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret – her undead husband.


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, 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

‘Compulsively readable’
OLIVIE BLAKE, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six and Masters of Death

Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure...


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PAGES 352

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A profoundly human and fascinating twist on the zombie genre, ONE YELLOW EYE is a story of love, ambition and morality all in one tense, page-turning package. Leigh Radford has managed to balance the science of a pandemic with the tension of a thriller, I was completely captivated and rooting for our protagonist, while also secretly hoping she’d get caught because she was clearly on the brink of insanity. The ending was devastating but so perfect. I couldn’t have loved this book more - a favourite of 2025!

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We've all played that silly game "would you still love me if ..." haven't we?

London post zombie outbreak, the streets have been cleared and all the infected exterminated by the army, by the police and by their own loved ones. Or have they?

Kesta is keeping a secret in her spare room. Her husband has been bitten and is currently handcuffed to the radiator. The banging noises coming from her flat are indeed not a rouge tumble drier.

A scientist by day, Zombie nurse by night, the clock is ticking to find a cure as Kesta ends up working Project Dawn, the government team of researchers. What can go wrong?

I loved Kesta. She's determined, clever and tenacious and she desperately loves Tim, even if he is a zombie now. I found her really relatable - after all we all think we want to do the right thing, but when it comes down to it, it can be hard to let go. She's also very funny and I laughed out loud at her dry observations.

There were some stand out scenes for me. One such scene was when my heart was simultaneously breaking yet galloping with tension as Kesta and Tim celebrated their anniversary. Intense.

I found the sections about Project Dawn really interesting. The scientific elements were really inspired and added a sense of realism to the whole zombie thing - I mean it made it sense?! Remind me never to go to Madagascar.

One Yellow Eye might on the face of it be a book about Zombie's, but it's actually an astute examination what it means to be human.

"Love is a wound from which you can never heal"

The ending may have made me shed a little tear. Perfect. The author acknowledgements and inspiration behind the book are very emotional and I recommend reading them.

All the stars, and highly recommended, I simply loved it. A propulsive page turner, I devoured it. It's funny, it's entertaining, it's tender - a brilliant story and a really fresh take on the genre.

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