A Return Ticket

We live in a world where information is only a few clicks away, where almost any problem can be resolved by reading out the digits on a piece of plastic. Now imagine yourself in a different world. One in which all those things we take for granted - from credit cards to hot water - have been snatched away. To make things worse, you are on the other side of the world, with no easy way home. Would you sink? Or swim?

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Jack Stevens is forced to confront those questions when, during a business trip to Sydney, a plague sweeps through the city and he finds himself trapped in a zombie movie, without the zombies. All he wants is to get back to his family, but this proves easier said than done. It's a long way home and not everyone he meets is keen to help...

Tom Duke lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and two children. He frequently travels for business and, so far, he has always made it home

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