{"product_id":"book-dnv8","title":"The Living Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A horror landmark and a work of gory genius.”—Joe Hill, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fireman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge A. Romero invented the modern zombie with \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Daniel Kraus, co-author, with Guillermo del Toro, of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Water \u003c\/i\u003e(based on the Academy Award-winning movie) and \u003ci\u003eTrollhunters \u003c\/i\u003e(which became an Emmy Award-winning series), and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Life of Zebulon Finch \u003c\/i\u003e(an \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 Book of the Year). A lifelong Romero fan, Kraus was honored to be asked, by Romero's widow, to complete \u003ci\u003eThe Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the present day, \u003ci\u003eThe Living Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis an entirely new tale, the story of the zombie plague as George A. Romero wanted to tell it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt begins with one body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pair of medical examiners find themselves battling a dead man who won’t stay dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt spreads quickly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe think we know how this story ends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe. Are. Wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369942458672,"sku":"BDdnv8","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/171922-dnv8-Square.jpg?v=1734639529","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dnv8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}