Eight years ago, the December Plague swept through the human population of Earth. The Infected were driven mad by the disease, becoming violent and cannibalistic, killing even those closest to them without hesitation. Six years ago, a tiny surviving community of Immune humans found a cure, and the Infected began to wake up and realize what they'd done. And what had been done to them. This remastered collection of the complete first series includes newly updated and extended versions of both the novels and short stories in the After the Cure world along with the brand new novella Moxie. After the Cure: Psychiatrist Nella Ryder has been working with the Cured for years, trying to help them recover their memories and make sense of how they survived their infection with the December Plague. But when she is chosen by the court to interview Dr. Robert Pazzo, she is uncertain exactly who she will encounter. Her task is only to determine whether Pazzo is stable enough to be tried for developing the bacteria that caused the plague, not decide whether he's guilty. Her own experiences during the plague make that difficult and when she meets Pazzo's Cured defense attorney Frank Courtlen, it only fuels her need to know how the whole disaster began. The Cured: Henry Broom spent eight years chained to a fence post, starving, enraged and unable to reason past the rampant infection of the December Plague. Released at last from his leash, he wakes up Cured in a remote farmhouse with five others as lost and weak as he is. Piecing together their memories to make sense of the silent world they've found themselves in, they find their way to the lone city still standing in hopes of safety and help. But Henry cannot forget his captivity or the vulnerable little girl who freed him. Krisis: Ruth has never heard of the Cure, though she spent years searching for one in hopes of helping her son, Charlie. Her friend Juliana cares for dozens of Infected, keeping them in a run-down hospital on the edge of town. Resources are dwindling, Juliana's health is failing, and the firebrand priest, Father Preston, wants to take over care of the Infected. Ruth doesn't want the task, but when she discovers Father Preston's motives aren't as kindly as he pretends, she decides to take action. Poveglia: The City's trial of Dr. Robert Pazzo has ended. Life is finally settling into a shaky routine of rebuilding both the City itself and the people living there. An accident at the power plant seems a minor news story. Sevita Das, the City's favorite reporter, expects the plant manager to tell her that one of the old parts needs replacing, a difficult task in the aftermath of the plague, but not unusual. But when she arrives at the power plant at the same time as a truck full of soldiers in biohazard suits, Sevita knows something much worse has occurred. With the help of a trio of soldiers inside the plant, she rushes to warn the City's governor and the people they all love before what's left of the world can fall apart again. The 40th Day: Henry his colony know what it means to be Infected. He doesn't want to harm people who could still be cured, but protecting his small group may require it. Without modern medicine, electricity or hope of outside aid, the only resort is quarantine. But when even that proves not to be enough to protect the remaining healthy population, a tiny group of Infected race against their own bodies to destroy the Plague at its source. Curing Khang Yeo: Infection was rage. The Cure is misery. The memories are worse than either. Pet Shop: Surly Shirley stayed in the pet shop for years, her sullen squawks and nips making her unappealing to anyone who might have taken her home. But after the humans disappear and the food and water begin to run out, Surly Shirley must find a way to escape and save as many of the other animals in the shop as she can. Andy and Igor: After their father becomes infected with the December Plague and their mother passes away in the aftermath, two young boys struggle to survive an almost empty world. When they encounter an Infected and a group of bandits in the mall they've been gathering supplies from, Andy decides it's time to find some help. But arriving in the City might mean he loses Igor entirely. Moxie: The scavenging teams are the City's lifeline, venturing beyond the large barrier to retrieve supplies from the old world. Food, medicine, clothing, tools- everything the City can't produce itself, the scavengers battle the Infected to find. Talulah's watched most of her friends die in the effort. So when the governor sends word that they are to gather as many Infected as possible and dose them with a potential cure, Talulah is skeptical and angry. She agrees to try for Noah, her partner's sake. When the Infected begin waking up, Talulah begins to realize things aren't as simple as she once believed.