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by George A. Romero (Author), Daniel Kraus (Author)
"A horror landmark and a work of gory genius."--Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman
Daniel Kraus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angel Down, completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death! George A. Romero invented the modern zombie with Night of the Living Dead, creating a monster that has become a key part of pop culture. Romero often felt hemmed in by the constraints of film-making. To tell the story of the rise of the zombies and the fall of humanity the way it should be told, Romero turned to fiction. Unfortunately, when he died, the story was incomplete. Enter Daniel Kraus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angel Down and Whalefall. A lifelong Romero fan, Kraus was honored to be asked, by Romero's widow, to complete The Living Dead. Set in the present day, The Living Dead is an entirely new tale, the story of the zombie plague as George A. Romero wanted to tell it. It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves battling a dead man who won't stay dead. It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, a Black teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-risen friends and family. On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while a fanatic makes a new religion out of death. At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting while his undead colleagues try to devour him. In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak, preserving data for a future that may never come. Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead. We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong.Author Biography
GEORGE A. ROMERO's classic zombie movie cycle begins with the groundbreaking Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, which are followed by four sequels. Romero directed two Stephen King projects, Creepshow and The Dark Half, and created the TV series Tales From the Darkside. Originally from New York City, Romero attended Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. He and his wife, Suzanne, lived in Toronto for over 10 years. George A. Romero died in 2017.
DANIEL KRAUS is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel Angel Down won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He coauthored The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Their earlier collaboration, Trollhunters, was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He also cowrote Pay the Piper with George A. Romero. Kraus is a Bram Stoker Award winner. He lives with his wife in Chicago. Visit him at DanielKraus.com.
Number of Pages: 656
Dimensions: 1.72 x 9.23 x 6.15 IN
Publication Date: September 07, 2021
