Untot – Overrun of Perm

Eighteen hours of leave. One impossible choice. A city overrun by the dead.

When reanimated corpses called Untot overrun the Russian city of Perm, British soldier Mikhail Voss makes a choice that will cost him everything: go back for the restaurant family he met yesterday.

His choice leads to mercy killing the husband, losing their transport, and walking through streets filled with the dead—escorting a widow, her baby, and a fellow soldier through swarming with undead.

This isn’t a story about heroism. It’s about grit.

About choosing the next step when stopping would be easier. About making the hard calls when there’s no reason left to hope. About refusing to quit even when quitting would be mercy.

A standalone military science fiction story in an alternate steampunk timeline.