"Eight Mondays" is a suspenseful and provocative novel. Something mysterious happened on the First Monday that nobody understands. Whatever it was causes people to become zombie-like, unable to move, speak, eat of their own volition, or even sleep. If someone helps them, they can drink, eat and function to a limited degree.Some among them are intact, including Susana, the main character. She was hiking the Superior Hiking Trail in Minnesota when the First Monday happened. Susana was doing the hike solo to help herself recover from the devastating death of the love of her life, Michael. Susana strives to save as many of the afflicted as she can, but will she ever find out what's caused this epidemic in the first place?