Read by Peter Macon

Jack Murphy and his family need a vacation. This one might just kill them. After a global crisis causes crops to fail and species to disappear, something even more deadly happens. Masses around the world suddenly become predators, feeding off their own kind. These "Can Heads" grow to such a threat that fences, gated compounds, and SWAT-style police protection become absolutely necessary to live. After one attack leaves NYPD cop Jack Murphy wounded and his partner dead, Jack takes his wife and kids on a vacation far up north, to the Paterville Family Camp, a fortress-like compound in the mountains where families can still swim and take boats out on a lake. At first, it's idyllic. There's plenty of food, fun stuff for their children, and another nice young couple with kids of their own. And when the camp suffers a Can Head attack, Jack even helps defend it. He's immediately offered a job in security. His family wants to stay. But Jack slowly comes to realize that there's something else going on at Paterville Family Camp, and when he makes a gruesome discovery, he will be forced to get his family out, no matter who-or what-stands in his way. Title Info. Dedication. Six Weeks Before. 1. 76th Precinct, Union Street, Brooklyn 2. Red Hook 3. Inside the Apartments 4. Kings County Hospital 5. Christie One Day Before. 6. Recovery 7. Preparations 8. Home On the Road. 9. Leaving 10. Outside the Fence 11. In the Backseat 12. Rest Stop 13. The Decision 14. North 15. The Mountains Welcome to Paterville Camp. 16. Greetings 17. Tom and Sharon 18. Dinner 19. Dusk 20. Night 21. The Service Road 22. Morning 23. Questions 24. Dinner Siege. 25. 8:46 p.m 26. 9:11 27. 10:41 Secrets. 28. Morning 29. Afternoon 30. 4:55 31. 7:10 p.m The Last Day. 32. 12:55 33. 1:41 34. 2:28 Escape. 35. 6:07 36. 4:47 37. 6:01 38. 7:50 p.m 39. Cabin 12 40. The Plan 41. The Gate 42. Five Minutes Earlier Epilogue. 43. Scooter's Mill "I absolutely devoured Vacation by Matthew Costello. It's dark, subversive, deeply disturbing, and absolutely compelling." "Costello takes a typical family and throws them headfirst into a situation that's anything but. What would you do to protect those you love at the end of the world? A thrilling, fast-paced story of priorities, secrets, and survival." "Costello is a master at lean, swift pacing. I read this book in three big gulps. And had life not intruded I'd have swallowed it whole." "Unstoppable…undeniable…un-put-down-able…Matthew Costello's Vacation is a hybrid horror/action/SF classic! Working at the height of his powers, Costello crafts a lean, terse, terrifying juggernaut of a book, which blends the minimalist punch of James Ellroy with the ravenous blitzkrieg of Danny Boyle's fleet-footed zombies in 28 Days Later. Set aside several uninterrupted hours, because once you crack this open you're going to be sprinting breathlessly to the last page. Highest recommendation!" "Matt Costello's work has always been impressive, but Vacation is just flat-out amazing. Truly epic in scope, this astounding science fiction / horror hybrid has 'soon to be a major motion picture' written all over it." "Costello sets up a world simultaneously threatened with constant surveillance and complete societal breakdowns, foreshadowing the camp scenes nicely with a suspenseful and frightening 'rest' stop on an electric fence-enclosed highway."

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