Rot and Ruin

The Catcher in the Rye meets The Walking Dead in this gripping, postapocalyptic teen thriller from award-winning author Jonathan Maberry. In a world full of zombies, who are the REAL MONSTERS? Nearly fourteen years ago, a freak virus swept across the world - turning those infected into the undead. Benny Imura has grown-up never knowing anything different; his last memory of his parents was of them becoming zombies. Now Benny is fifteen, and joining his brother Tom in the family business of zombie killing. Benny and Tom head into the Rot and Ruin, an area full of the wandering undead, and Benny realises that being a bounty hunter isnt just about whacking zombies. Benny finds his beliefs challenged - and discovers that sometimes the worst monsters you can imagine arent the zombies, after allThis is anything but another zombie novel... exciting, full of action, and curiously thoughtful Charlaine Harris, author of the True Blood series A thought-provoking thriller that still delivers a good dose of action and gore The BooksellerHighly recommended The Bookbag.co.uk thoughtful, postapocalyptic coming-of-age taleIn turns mythic and down-to-earth, this intense novel combines adventure and philosophy to tell a truly memorable zombie story... Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewAlso by Jonathan Maberry:Dust and Decay Dead and Gone Flesh and Bone Fire and Ash