ReadingZone caught up with debut author Miranda Reason to explore her powerful YA thriller, Day Of Now, set in a post-apocalyptic world.

Action-packed and gripping, author Miranda Reason introduces the start of Day Of Now with a short reading, and tells us about the dangers faced by two children growing up in a world that has been destroyed by a strange virus that has taken over.

Day Of Now:  A devastating fungal pandemic has wiped out most of society. Dayna and Pax live in an isolated house in the countryside, learning to survive in the world left behind. But when their father gets sick they make a choice that changes everything: they summon help from the outside. And they’re not prepared for the betrayal that follows . . . 

Read the first chapters from Day Of Now

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