A virus turns humans into the ravenous undead in this zombie apocalypse thriller—first in the epic series of survival and sacrifice. There are over a million people in the city of Waterloo. Today, most of them have died, and now they are hungry. Corporal Dan Williamson is caught in the middle of the outbreak. He is desperately trying to reach his wife who is somewhere amid the urban decay. There are other souls out there, other tales of survival among the horror. Dan will soon learn that the living may prove to be an even bigger threat than the dead.
From the tragic to the hilarious they include: The fitness fanatic who was run over as he did pressups in the road on a dark night The decapitated motorcyclist The guide dog who led his owner on to the railway tracks - and left him there ...
“The burbs are dead ahead,” he says sadly when he spots the organized rows of rooftops that peek over the wall meant to ... Humanity will be closing the book on the darkest time in its history, this epic saga of life among the dead.
Donoghue shook hands with Frank's parents . His mother showed him a picture of Madeleine , at a year old , lying on a Mexican blanket on the beach . Anna's foot was in the corner of the picture . He thought of her foot severed from her ...
In a book "as graceful and sublime as a box of rain" (New York Times Book Review), the beloved bassist tells the stories behind the songs, tours, and jams in the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip from the 1960s to the death of Jerry Garcia ...
This memoir chronicles the Dead's seminal years: 1965-1985.
Draws on the teachings of major religious and philosophical traditions to outline a comprehensive "map" of the afterlife that explains that experiences of growth and change continue after death.
A dazzling work of cultural criticism, All the Living and the Dead weaves together reportage with memoir, history, and philosophy, to offer readers a fascinating look into the psychology of Western death.
When it comes to death, she truly is an expert, and in this book she shares that expertise.
At nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home.
Best-selling author, Susan Beth Pfeffer, delivers a riveting companion to Life As We Knew It in this enthralling tale that follows seventeen-year-old Alex Morales as he fights to survive in the aftermath of apocalyptic events in New York ...