One Yellow Eye, Leigh Radford
One Yellow Eye, Leigh Radford
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One Yellow Eye

Author: Leigh Radford

Narrator: Sofia Engstrand

Unabridged: 13 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2025


Synopsis

In this “compulsively readable” (Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author), unique spin on zombie horror, a brilliant female scientist desperately searches for a cure after a devastating epidemic while also hiding a monumental secret—her undead husband.

How far would you go to save your marriage? For British scientist Kesta Shelley, there is no limit.

Having always preferred the company of microbes, Kesta has spent her life looking down the barrel of a microscope rather than cultivating personal relationships. But that changed when Kesta met Tim—her cheerleader, her best friend, her absolute everything. So, when he was one of the last people in London to be infected with a perplexing virus that left the city ravaged, Kesta went into triage mode.

Though the government has rounded up and disposed of all the infected, Kesta is able to keep her husband (un)alive and hidden with resources from the hospital where she works. She spends her days reviewing biopsy slides and her evenings caring for him, but he’s clearly declining. The sedatives aren’t working like they used to, and his violent outbursts are becoming more frequent. As Kesta races against the clock, her colleagues start noticing changes in her behavior and appearance. She is withering away, self-medicating with alcohol, and has stopped attending her mandated ZARG (Zombie Apocalypse Recovery Group) meetings. Her care for Tim has spiraled into absolute obsession.

There are whispers of a top-secret lab working on a cure, and Kesta clings to the possibility of being recruited like a lifeline. But can she save her husband before he is discovered? Or worse…will they trigger another zombie outbreak?

About Leigh Radford

Leigh Radford trained as a broadcast journalist. She produced and presented arts and entertainment content and documentaries for British commercial radio, BBC Radio, The Times, and more. A former book publicist, she is a 2023 graduate of Faber Academy. She is currently developing content for film and television through her production company, Kenosha Kickers. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 05, 2025

I do love a zombie book, and this one felt very refreshing. Set in London, we follow Kesta, who has chained her husband, Tim, to the radiator in the spare room. He has recently been bitten by a zombie and has turned into the undead. If the authorities find out about him, he will be killed. Kesta hop......more

Goodreads review by Lori on May 04, 2025

I've always said that I don't think I'd have what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse. Though I would try like hell, I just know that I'd never make it. I'd probably die early on, in a stupid accident or starve to death if a zombie didn't bite me first. So I've never really spent time a lot of t......more

Goodreads review by Cassidy on January 12, 2025

3.5 stars rounded down. Unintentionally, this is the second zombie book I’ve read in three weeks and it’s interesting that both did something to zombies that most authors don’t - had them retain their human consciousness on some level. Maybe because both were written by women and both were exploring......more

Goodreads review by Arya on May 13, 2025

spousal horror is IN!......more

Goodreads review by Ashton on December 13, 2024

One Yellow Eye is a chilling and dark novel with mixed dry humor and wit. The novel follows scientist Ketsa Shelly as she struggles to find a cure for the zombie virus that killed her husband. The amount of detail and scientific fact mixed with horrific fiction made this novel both extremely enlight......more