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The Living Dead

By: George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus
Narrated by: Bruce Davison, Lori Cardille
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It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves facing a dead man who won’t stay dead.

It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African American 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 preaches the gospel of a new religion of death.

At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, 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.

©2020 George A. Romero (P)2020 Penguin Audio Ghosts Horror Scary Haunted Zombie

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Critic reviews

A horror landmark, a work of gory genius marked by all of Romero's trademark wit, humanity, and merciless social observations. How lucky are we to have this final act of grand guignol from the man who made the dead walk. (JOE HILL, author of NOS4A2)
A sprawling, timely, scary epic that honours the zombie tradition but also goes in new directions and takes risks that pay off. (PAUL TREMBLAY, author of A Head Full of Ghosts)
Like a lost Romero classic, which will play out on the inside your skull long after you’ve finished it. (CLIVE BARKER, author of Hellraiser)
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It’s all here, like a Frankenstein’s monster made anew between Romero and Kraus. An epic, aptly conclude post-life in the case of George.

This is truly beautiful work. The book unfolds to become a re-membering of existing native threads and characters that bleed seamlessly into this new story as yet untold. This definite end to the Dead chronology could not have been executed with more exquisite care.

The deepest dive yet into the goo of the Dead

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I liked the story and the atmosphere it set. Nothing short of what to expect by the late king of zombie novels/story and finished by a dedicated fan and author.
The problem for me was the level of detail and description used. I think this is a matter of preference and would recommend it to those who enjoy this level of it. There are a ton of sub plots so I found it difficult to follow at points but it was very immersive which I enjoyed.

Devil in the detail

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So you know when you see the name George A Romero before a movie more than likely it’s going to be about zombies, zees, the undead, gore, death and carnage so you can guess this books is the same. Well it is but Romero died before it was completed and Daniel Kraus picked up the reins, tweaked it and then finished the book. And I have to say I think Mr Romero would be proud of what Mr Kraus has achieved.

One of my first dates - away back in the mists of time I may add - was going into see the original Dawn of the Dead and I became hooked on the “.....of the Dead series” and you know this book fits right in there. It follows the same formula which in my opinion never gets boring. Can mind the movie but not the lad who took me into see it!

In a nut shell we have a cast of characters who we follow over a set amount of years - that is from the beginning of the outbreak till the end or is it.... well no spoilers here! But more interestingly we find out what it is like changing into a zombie and being a zed. This is an interesting twist and I enjoyed these parts the most.

It is a long book but I think it needs to be as our main characters backstories need to be told ...fleshed out as it were and I have to say I was rooting for some more than others! There are some really scarey moments in this book - I’ve a tendency to listen to horror late at night in the dark and on my own. 🤪

What can I say ...it’s a really good 27 hours worth Zombie Apocalyptic book with all the usual tropes and I liked it! It’s well narrated with each character having their own identifiable voice and it’s worth a credit.

‘When there’s no more room in Hell....the dead will walk the Earth’ Romero Dawn of the Dead...cheers!

By Romero....the King of the Zombie Flick....

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had me gripped from start to finish! a great tribute to George! plenty of twists and gore, so much gore :-D

loved it!!

would b one hell of a movie/trilogy/tv series *wink wink*

MASTERPEICE!!!

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Loved the story, overall, I felt like this was a good continuation & conclusion to Romero’s Dead series. The narration was excellent throughout.

Excellent story & narration

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