Book description
A sharp, slick sequel to zombie adventure debut Dearly, Departed.
Can the living coexist with the living dead? That's the
question that has New Victorian society fiercely divided ever since
the mysterious plague known as "The Laz" hit the city of New
London and turned thousands into walking corpses. But while some of
these zombies are mindless monsters, hungry for human flesh, others
can still think, speak, reason, and control their ravenous new appetites.
Just ask Nora Dearly, who was nearly kidnapped by a band of sinister
zombies but valiantly rescued by a dashing young man . . . who was
sadly no longer breathing...
Nora and her savior, the young zombie soldier Bram Griswold, fell
hopelessly in love. But others feel only fear and loathing for the
reanimated dead. Now, as tensions grow between pro- and anti-zombie
factions, battle lines are being drawn in the streets. And though Bram
is no longer in the New Victorian army, he and his ex-commando zombie
comrades are determined to help keep the peace. That means taking a
dangerous stand between The Changed, a radical group of sentient
zombies fighting for survival, and The Murder, a masked squad of urban
guerrillas hellbent on destroying the living dead. But zombies aren't
the only ones in danger: Their living allies are also in The Murder's
crosshairs, and for one vengeful zealot, Nora Dearly is the number one target.
As paranoia, prejudice, and terrorist attacks threaten to plunge the
city into full-scale war, Nora's scientist father and his team
continue their desperate race to unlock the secrets of "The
Laz" and find a cure. But their efforts may be doomed when a
mysterious zombie appears bearing an entirely new strain of the
illness-and the nation of New Victoria braces for a new wave of the apocalypse.
Lia Habel's spellbinding, suspenseful sequel to Dearly,
Departed takes her imaginative mash-up of period romance,
futuristic thriller, and zombie drama to a whole new level of
innovative and irresistible storytelling.
Lia Habel was born into a time of unparalleled ugliness - it was
called 'the Eighties'. It was horrible, but yet it brought Lia the video
for
Thriller
by Michael Jackson, and a burning interest in zombies followed. A
self-described 'zombie anthropologist', Lia has seen a
lot
of zombie movies. She lives in Jamestown, NY, with her three cats,
Ebeneezer, ZZ and Bloody Mary.
