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One Yellow Eye

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Snort-inducingly funny . . . One for those with strong stomachs and big hearts - The Times Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret - her undead husband. Kesta's... Read More
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A darkly funny, heartbreaking and propulsive ticking time bomb of a novel, One Yellow Eye follows a scientist as she tries to find a cure for the last victim of a zombie apocalypse – her husband . . .

A darkly funny, heartbreaking and propulsive ticking time bomb of a novel, One Yellow Eye follows a scientist as she tries to find a cure for the last victim of a zombie apocalypse - her husband . . .

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Snort-inducingly funny . . . One for those with strong stomachs and big hearts - The Times

Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret - her undead husband.

Kesta's husband, Tim, was the last person to be bitten in a zombie pandemic. The country is now in a period of respite, the government seemingly having rounded up and disposed of all the infected.

But Kesta has a secret . . .

Tim may have been bitten, but he's not quite dead yet. In fact, he's tied to a bed in her spare room. And she's made him a promise: find a cure, bring him back.

A scientist by day, Kesta juggles intensive work under the microscope alongside Tim's care, slipping him stolen drugs to keep him docile while knowing she is hiding the only zombie left. But Kesta is running out of drugs - and time. Can she save her husband before he is discovered? Or worse . . . will they trigger another outbreak?

An acidic, funny, queasy debut - Emma Van Straaten, bestselling author of This Immaculate Body

First paperback print run to include yellow sprayed edges!

WHY READERS LOVE LEIGH RADFORD'S ONE YELLOW EYE:

I absolutely devoured this (pardon the pun).

Man oh man. This is one of those hypnotizing novels that just instantly compels you to keep reading.

Grimy, atmospheric and so beautifully bleak, it absolutely burrowed under my skin.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035048298

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tor Nightfire

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Leigh Radford trained as a broadcast journalist. She produced and presented arts and entertainment content and documentaries for UK commercial radio, BBC Radio, Time Out, The Times and The Sun. 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. One Yellow Eye is her debut novel.

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