Plague of the Undead

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Pinnacle Books, Oct 7, 2014 - Fiction - 432 pages
First in the post-apocalyptic series from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author who “writes zombies like he's been gunning them down all of his life” (Weston Ochse, author of A Hole in the World).

A Handful of Survivors

For thirty years, they have avoided the outbreak of walking death that has consumed America's heartland. They have secured a small compound near the ruins of Little Rock, Arkansas. Isolated from the world. Immune to the horror. Blissfully unaware of what lies outside in the region known as the “Dead Lands.” Until now . . .

A New Generation of Explorers

Led by a military vet who's seen better days, the inexperienced offspring of the original survivors form a small expedition to explore the wastelands around them. A biologist, an anthropologist, a cartographer, a salvage expert—all are hoping to build a new future from the rubble in the Dead Lands. Until all hell breaks loose . . .

A Land of Death

The infected are still out there. Stalking. Feeding. Spreading like a virus. Wild animals roam the countryside, hunting prey. Small pockets of humanity hide in the shadows: some scared, some mad, all dangerous. This is the New World. If the explorers want it, they'll have to take it. Dead or alive . . .

Praise for Joe McKinney and Dead City

“A merciless, fast-paced and genuinely scary read that will leave you absolutely breathless.” —Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award-winning author

“A rising star on the horror scene.” —Fearnet.com

“Zombie fans will enjoy this!” —The Parkersburg (WV) News and Sentinel
 

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part four THE WRECK
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part three TRACTS AND BRIDEMEAT
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part five THE EMPTY TOWNS
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Four Tales from the First Days of the Living Dead
State of the Union
Jimmy Finder and the Rise of the Templenauts
Resurrecting Mindy
Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens
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About the author (2014)

Joe McKinney has been a patrol officer for the San Antonio Police Department, a homicide detective, a disaster mitigation specialist, a patrol commander, and a successful novelist. His books include the four-part Dead World series, Quarantined, Inheritance, Lost Girl of the Lake, The Savage Dead, Crooked House and Dodging Bullets. His short fiction has been collected in The Red Empire and Other Stories and Dating in Dead World. His latest novel is the werewolf thriller, Dog Days, set in the summer of 1983 in the little Texas town of Clear Lake, where the author grew up. In 2011, McKinney received the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. A regular guest at regional writing conventions, Joe currently lives and works in a small town north of San Antonio with his wife and children. For more information go to joemckinney.wordpress.com.

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