THE OUTBREAK TORE THE USA IN TWO. THE EAST REMAINS A SAFE HAVEN. THE WEST HAS BECOME A RAVAGED WILDERNESS. THEY CALL IT THE EVACUATED STATES. It is here that Henry Marco makes his living. Hired by grieving relatives, he tracks down the dead and delivers peace. Now Homeland Security wants Marco, for a mission unlike any other. He must return to California, where the apocalypse began. Where a secret is hidden. And where his own tragic past waits to punish him again. But in the wastelands of America, you never know who – or what – is watching you…  When it comes to zombie fiction, I’ve now reached the point where I’ve read quite a lot. Some may say too much? So much so in fact, that I have been actively trying to avoid reading any of late. I’m worried that it’s only a matter of time before I pick up a zombie novel and I’m going to absolutely loathe it. I’ll have reached saturation point and I just won’t be able to take anymore. The good news, however, is that The Return Man by V.M. Zito is not that time. Henry Marco is a bit of an enigma….