After wallowing in the mire of an outdated look, The 5ifth Cycle’s website (at https://www.dlryder.com) has been given a long-deserved face lift.

Is this how the end begins?

The 5ifth Cycle is a gripping biotech thriller about a virus out of control and unleashed upon a tiny, isolated town.

When the virus escapes the confines of a remote bioengineering complex in Death Valley, the nearby town of Arroyo Caliente is quarantined with no warning, no explanation, and a rapidly-growing infected population.

With their town shut down and completely cut off, it is up to a select handful to escape the quarantine and – like rats in an experiment – venture back through the maze and infiltrate the source in order to save themselves.

The 5ifth Cycle is a complex, fast-moving thriller that turns the zombie plot on its ear by turning the improbable into the plausible. In the end, you’re left with the uncomfortable notion that it could happen.