A woman without a past fights in a world without a future. In the war-torn, alien-infested planet Earth of 2044, little victories mean everything. Humanity is past the point of thinking they can beat the Alareiyans - a demonic, horrifyingly violent race from the darkest regions of the galaxy - but some Humans still believe they can salvage something. For most of them, it is their freedom... and for their freedom, it means catching Patient Zero. Zero is an Alareiyan test subject gone wrong, formerly a Human, brutalised beyond all belief. She was never supposed to escape their clutches, yet somehow she roams the world, wreaking havoc on anyone who gets in the way of her own personal mission - finding her name. Ironically, Zero - "created" by the Alareiyans - appears to be the only entity on the planet both brave and skilled enough to really hurt them. Cunning, violent, and extremely volatile, she is part Human, part machine, with one or two parts missing. She is Patient Zero, and she is the last, and best hope that Humanity has left. There is, however, one tiny problem... She's not interested.Patient Zero: 2044 is the debut novel by Scottish author MJ Mullen.Set in a post-apocalyptic, broken Planet Earth, it follows one woman's attempts to find her identity before her former captors can find her.A violent journey through an unnamed Wasteland, join Patient Zero in her determined quest to find answers, destroying everything that stands in her way.