Dead City

· Pinnacle Books
4.0
197 reviews
Ebook
288
Pages

About this ebook

A relentless thrill ride. . . Break out the popcorn, you're in for a real treat. --Harry Shannon, author of Dead and Gone

Texas? Toast.

Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying--but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life--with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. . .

The Nightmare Begins

Within hours, the plague has spread all over Texas. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Along with a small group of survivors, Eddie must fight off the savage horde in a race to save his family. . .

Hell On Earth

There's no place to run. No place to hide. The zombie horde is growing as the virus runs rampant. Eddie knows he has to find a way to destroy these walking horrors. . .but he doesn't know the price he will have to pay. . .

"Hair-raising. Do yourself a favor and snag a copy. . . thank me later." --Gene O'Neill, author of Deathflash

"A merciless, fast-paced and genuinely scary read that will leave you absolutely breathless." --Brian Keene

Ratings and reviews

4.0
197 reviews
Adam Grahn
March 5, 2014
This book is by far one of my favorite zombie books I have ever read. The author writes it so well, that you can imagine everything in your mind. Would be awesome to see this as a movie; only if they can get it right with the book, otherwise don't bother trying. Five star read for sure
Ernest Martinez
June 6, 2014
This was my favorite and first zombie book. Found it hidden on a Hastings store shelf. Read a few pages and had to have it. Read it 7 times and still enjoy it to this day. I'm reading his other books as I write, very good zombie book that draws you into its world.
A Google user
July 5, 2014
I enjoyed it. It has its stupid moments, like in horror films, those moments you wonder why would anyone with a working brain would do that but overall was a good story.

About the author

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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