The Drift by C.J. Tudor

 

From Goodreads

Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. During a hasty escape from a secluded boarding school, her schoolbus careened over a hillside road during one of the year's heaviest snowstorms, trapping her inside with a handful of survivors, a brewing virus and no way to call for help. If she and the remaining few want to make it out alive, with their sanity--and secrets--intact, they'll need to work together or they'll be buried alive with the rest of the dead.

A former detective, Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She is in a cable car suspended far above a snowstorm and surrounded by strangers in the same uniform as her, with no memory of how they got there. They are heading to a mysterious place known only to them as "The Retreat," but when they discover a dead man among their ranks and Meg spies a familiar face, she realizes that there is something far more insidious going on and begins to use the skills from her former life to interrogate her fellow passengers.

Carter is gazing out the window of the abandoned ski chalet that he and his ragtag compatriots call home. As the years drag on, the view of pine forests and mountaintops has become wallpaper. Together, they manage what they can to survive--mostly manufacturing vaccines against a deadly virus in exchange for life's essentials. But as their generator begins to waver, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger, and their fragile bonds will be tested when the power finally fails-for good.

The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater threat-one that threatens to consume all of humanity.

My thoughts

My thanks to the Publishers via NetGalley for a copy of this story in exchange for an honest review.

What has happened?  A group of apparently disconnected events happen at a similar time in different places.  As the characters are trying to cope with what has happened to them individually and as the story progresses the characters all appear to have one goal in their sights and that is to survive events happening around them.  No one is sure who they can trust or if anyone can be trusted.  

This was a solid 4 star read from this reviewer.  Another great read by this Author, she sure knows how to grab the reader and write a great story. If you enjoy stories that take you out of your comfort zone, then this may be the book for you.  It is a mix of post apocalyptic meets horror.  To be honest these are genres that I love reading and I look forward with baited breath, to what she writes next for us to devour.

Bring them on ......