At the order to fire, they fired. Real bullets, it would seem. The politicians crumpled, twitched, and sagged to the ground, in a manner familiar to devotees of leftwing arthouse movies. Then the eyes of the squad turned towards me.' After the plague, most of us are dead, and some of the survivors aren't behaving very well. But we can still have a laugh, can't we? Letting go is for softies. I'm alone - delightfully and comfortably alone. I don't do crying.

That's the wonky philosophy of Billie, a dollywaggler on a far from sentimental journey. The Eppie - a worldwide flu pandemic - has left London with nothing but a few beastly survivors with appallingly unwholesome habits. Watch out for Rodney; he is particularly nasty. Oh, and don't try to escape the madness by fleeing to the country - things may be even worse out there. Besides, a greater intelligence is planning to identify and control the living remnants nationwide, as order begins to be restored. It's time to find out who the real dollywagglers are.