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Dead: The Ugly Beginning

T.W. Brown · 308 pages

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Aftermath

David Moody

"It's been almost one hundred days since a killer disease wiped out 99% of the population. Three months since the dead reanimated. Survivors are few and far between now, and those who remain stick together to give themselves the best possible chance of continuing to stay alive. They are the last of the living. A band of refugees has taken shelter in a medieval castle - a fortress that has stood s

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks · 352 pages

“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to th

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The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them

Robert Kirkman · 144 pages

Can a town not yet ravaged by the horrors unleashed on Earth possibly be all it's hoped for? Is there a far more sinister secret behind their newfound safe haven? Even worse, can people forever changed by the worst in humanity ever hope to get back to their old selves? This chapter of the Walking Dead is set to change everything.

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The Hunted

Charlie Higson · 451 pages

Ella is out in the country, alone now except for her silent rescuer, Scarface, about whom she knows nothing, while Ed leaves London on a dangerous quest, determined to find Ella and keep his promise to Small Sam that he will reunite sister and brother.

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Flesh Eaters

Joe McKinney · 389 pages

They rise-- Out of the flooded streets of Houston, they emerge from plague-ridden waters. Dead. Rotting. Hungry. And as human survivors scramble to their rooftops for safety, the zombie hordes circle like sharks. The ultimate killing machines. They feed-- Houston is quarantined to halt the spread of the zombie plague. Anyone trying to escape is shot on sight, living and dead. Emergency Ops sergean

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Eden - A Zombie Novel

Tony Monchinski, Tommy Arlin · 307 pages

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Descent

Jay Bonansinga · 276 pages

Out of the ashes of its dark past, Woodbury, Georgia, becomes an oasis of safety amidst the plague of the walking dead -- a town reborn in the wake of its former tyrannical leader, Philip Blake, aka The Governor. Blake's legacy of madness haunts every nook and cranny of this little walled community, but Lilly Caul and a small ragtag band of survivors are determined to overcome their traumatic past

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Odium II

Claire C. Riley · 370 pages

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The Infection

Craig DiLouie · 286 pages

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Dead Sea

Brian Keene · 337 pages

With zombies taking over the cities, a group of humans escapes the carnage by taking a small Coast Guard ship out to sea, but there's no getting away—even in the wide ocean.

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Thicker Than Blood

Madeline Sheehan, Claire C. Riley · 366 pages

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Monster Nation

David Wellington · 285 pages

In the heart of America, in the world's most secure prison, something horrible is growing in the dark. A wave of cannibalism and fear is sweeping across the heartland, spreading carnage and infection in its wake. Captain Bannerman Clark of the National Guard has been tasked with an impossible mission: discover what is happening--and then stop it ...

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Dying to Live

Kim Paffenroth · 216 pages

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The Wrath of the Just

Manel Loureiro

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The Apocalypse Survivors

Peter Meredith · 428 pages

In The Apocalypse, the great majority of the men and women who fought with honor, with a sense of duty and loyalty, gave their lives for others, leaving those without honor to flourish and rule. Their rule is not marked by decency or civility, but by wicked brutality. Yet, in some very rare cases, the kind and the noble survived. These hardened survivors learned to live among the undead, but now t

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Siege

Rhiannon Frater · 390 pages

Siege is the conclusion to Rhiannon Frater's As the World Dies trilogy. The zombie illness has shattered civilization. The survivors who have found tenuous safety in Texas defend their fort against the walking dead and living bandits. Katie has made peace with the death of her wife and is pregnant and married to Travis, who has been elected Mayor. Jenni, her stepson, Jason; and JuanT̄ravis's right

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The Girl with All the Gifts

M.R. Carey · 416 pages

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spell

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The Fall of the Governor: Part One

Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga · 245 pages

"The Walking Dead trilogy of original novels, set in the universe of Robert Kirkman's iconic comic, reaches its final crescendo in The Fall of the Governor. From coauthors Robert Kirkman, creator of the Eisner Award winning comic book and executive producer of AMC's blockbuster TV series, and Jay Bonansinga, Stoker award finalist and internationally acclaimed author, comes the gripping third novel

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Shadows

Ilsa J. Bick · 528 pages

When Alex discovers that Rule is not a sanctuary, she must battle to survive against conniving adults, distrusting survivors, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.

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The Walking Dead, Vol. 07: The Calm Before

Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn · 136 pages

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Deadlocked

A.R. Wise

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Survivors

Z.A. Recht, Thom Brannan · 308 pages

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The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone

Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Russ Wooton · 136 pages

For survivors of the zombie apocalypse, hopes are not lifting. As others try to keep their mind on practicalities, former policeman Rick Grimes seems increasingly on edge. As his behavior grows more and more conspicuously eccentric, other group members worry that he is putting them all in mortal danger.

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