Feral Awakening

The apocalypse didn't end the world. It just changed the apex predator. Sixteen-year-old Ellora Cooper survived the day the missiles rained down on California. But surviving the irradiated aftermath is another story entirely. The ashes of the old world are now ruled by ruthless, masked bandidos and "nuke pooches"-rabid, mutant canines with an insatiable craving for human flesh. Armed with a scavenged AK-47 and traveling north with a small band of surviving classmates, Ellora's only goal is to make it to the rumored safety of Canada.
But when a desperate scavenging run in a gutted corner store turns into a bloodbath, Ellora suffers a bite from one of the radioactive hounds. Now, a terrifying infection is taking hold. As her vision shifts, her fingernails harden into talons, and a horrific hunger for raw meat consumes her, Ellora realizes she is rapidly mutating into the very monster she's been fighting. Locked away in a pitch-black meat locker by her terrified friends, she has only a journal and a dying flashlight to document her final hours.
Tense, visceral, and drenched in body-horror, this gripping post-apocalyptic thriller chronicles a teenage girl's chilling transformation at the end of the world. Will she hold onto her humanity long enough to pen her final goodbye, or will the beast inside take over completely?