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"The first book of an exciting new paranormal series from two award-winning authors about what happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of the Apocalypse. The husband and wife writing team of Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes continue to achieve extraordinary literary feats with this first book in the exciting new Devil's Wake series. Due's The Living Blood and My Soul to Keep were each named to Publishers Weekly's list of Best Novels of the Year, and both were nominated for the Bram Stoker award. Barnes scored New York Times' bestsellers with The Legacy of Heorot and Star Wars: The Cestus Deception, and he has been nominated for both the Hugo and Cable Ace awards for his work in television.The eeriness of Devil's Wake begins a week after tomorrow. An unprecedented infection has swept across the world, bringing an epidemic of mindless biting attacks from the infected that leave their victims "changed." Society has broken down. The victims are more than mindless zombies. They are the result of a sinister alien life-form in the wake of the aliens' insidious plot, humanity ultimately becomes enmeshed in a brutal struggle for control of its home, planet Earth.Part Dawn of the Dead and part Road Warrior, Devil's Wake is a testimony to courage, friendship, and the power of faith. Horrifying and heartbreaking, exciting and challenging, it is a compelling, brilliant story on the edge of what could be the end of it all"--
Devil's Wake: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This zombie apocalypse novel features graphic violence with biting attacks, body horror, and disturbing imagery of infected victims. The survival horror elements and depictions of societal collapse make this appropriate only for mature readers.
What to know going in
This book has graphic violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include graphic violence, gore, death, and mass death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teen readers who love intense zombie survival stories like The Walking Dead will find this alien-zombie hybrid apocalypse thriller gripping and terrifying.