Hater

Hater is a book by U.K. author David Moody.

Something is wrong with society these days. The news gives reports of people just suddenly deciding to kill other people: enemies, strangers, coworkers, friends, family. Random. Brutal. For seemingly no reason.

Enter the protagonist, The Everyman: He lives a mundane life, married with children, slaves away for a paycheck under a miserable bitch of a boss. He stops going to work and barricades himself with his family inside their home until it's over because he starts seeing people mowing down other people in real life, on the street and at work, not just on television, which has basically gone off the air, and is now displaying the message, "REMAIN CALM DO NOT PANIC TAKE SHELTER WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL".

Minor Spoilers...

MEGA SPOILERS..

The Sequel Dog Blood came out in 2010.

The The Film of the Book is currently in Development Hell.

TROPES:

 * Just Before the End - The first part of the trilogy.
 * I'll Kill You: big time.
 * They Look Just Like Everyone Else -- You can't see them, but they can definitely see you.
 * Dog Blood makes it worse.
 * Taking the Kids