Lily Herne es el seudónimo del equipo de escritura de madre e hija Sarah y Savannah Lotz. Sarah, una escritora conocida por su predilección por las múltiples identidades, también crea horror urbano bajo el nombre de SL Grey, además de novelas de crímenes, cuentos antologados internacionalmente y guiones bajo su propio nombre. Savannah, una devota entusiasta de la fantasía, está actualmente cursando sus estudios de guionismo, aportando un toque imaginativo distintivo a su trabajo colaborativo. Juntas, aprovechan sus diversos orígenes para crear narrativas cautivadoras que mezclan géneros y capturan la imaginación de los lectores.
Lele, Ginger, Ash and Saint - aka the Mall Rats - are hiding out in the Deadlands, a once-prosperous area of Cape Town, now swarming with the living dead. Exiled from the city enclave for crimes against the Resurrectionist State, the Rats face a stark choice: return and risk capture - or leave Cape Town and go in search of other survivors.
Since the apocalypse, Cape Town's suburbs have become zombie-infested Deadlands. Human survivors are protected from the living dead by sinister, shrouded figures - the Guardians. In return, five teenagers are 'chosen' and handed over to them for a mysterious purpose: this year, Lele de la Fontein's name is picked but she escapes, willing to take her chances in the Deadlands. Alone, exiled and unable to return home, she runs into a misfit gang of renegade teens: Saint, a tough Batswana girl; Ginger, a wise-cracking Brit; and handsome Ash, a former child soldier. Under their tutelage, Lele learns how to seriously destroy zombies and together they uncover the corruption endemic in Cape Town, and come to learn the sickening truth about the Guardians.