Z is for zombie

Z is for Zombie series available from Severed Press

George and Julia

When mankind reaches the pentacle of success, there is nowhere to go but down. Set in Texas, most of the world’s population comes down with an infection with hemorrhagic effects that cause massive bleeding and then coma. Only, no one dies.
George, an older, retired policeman and his three elderly friends are suddenly called back into service along with a rag-tag group of survivors trying to get trained well enough to rescue all the survivors they keep finding. A retired Marine, Len, gathers his team with reluctance: Julia: a hot-tempered Hispanic girl, Alex: a gay man, Beth: a woman unsure of her place in the world, Roy: a racist with a bad attitude, Kimball: a quiet cowboy, and many others.
Although they take shelter in a hospital, they face far more than the roving zombies: the last of the government dropped bombs on the cities, survivors are trapped and need help, and raiders are beginning to kill innocents. Is there a responsibility to find justice and save everyone? George begins showing the survivors that the responsibility is now their own. He comes to another realization: each person must now decide his own fate and if that means going out on terms others don’t like, then so be it.

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Juan, Johnnie, and Big Bill

Like an Event Horizon, it’s too late to stop the infection that has turned most of the world’s population into flesh-eating zombies, but there is plenty to do in the new world order. A month ago, the Lyssa virus, Red, took out most of the population, turning them into flesh-starved, fury-filled zombies while the government rained down bombs to stop the infection. What was left was hell on earth for the survivors. A group of well-armed people now crawl from the rubble
Len’s teams, trained and ready to do battle, begin to rescue survivors, but it puts them at risk in every mission; in a mission to save some at a school, they lose not only a few of those they’re trying to rescue, but also one of their own.
The zombies are still a valid threat, but from all over the United States, an army is building and they have a leader coming who enjoys nothing more than chaos and violence. Radiation and the walking dead pale in horror as an army unite to wipe out the rest of humanity. Dreams and visions have everyone choosing sides; will they join the cruelty or stand against it?

Zane and Pascal

With a safe place to live, the survivors of the zombie apocalypse should have it easier, but supplies have to be amassed, people have to be rescued, and forgotten skills have to be relearned before winter comes.
On one side, a group tries to rebuild and make a better world as they gather around Zane, a bright child who is full of positive energy and promises of hope. In the opposing camp, a dark child with a withered face and one eye leads an army of violent men who have refined torture, cannibalism, and slavery to an art. Both sides know that soon they will face one another in the ultimate battle for what is left of the world.
Beth accidently uncovers a secret about the zombies that changes everything they believed before and makes the survivors question how far they would go to keep a loved one alive and under what terms?
While one survivor slowly loses his hold on humanity, another plots to keep her world under control, and a third fears not only death now, but birth as well. They thought they knew each other; they thought they understood the new rules of the world, but in every action and thought, there is more than a shadow of doubt.

Mark, Andromeda, Kimball

Survivors have finally made a safe place to live and rebuild as they battle wandering zombies, but the walking dead are the least of the problems as an opposing army (The Reconstruction Army) threatens and the remains of the US Army both have other plans for dividing up the United States, Facing three factions, the members of the US Militia have to dig deeply to find the strength to deal with massive attacks. internal strife, and a secret that may shatter the future for all of them.

Beth

The survivors of the end of the world finally face off with the zombies, the rebellious army trying to control what remains of the United States, and a hybrid experiment that has left some people half human/half zombie. With both sides using ancient good and evil, a little bit of forgotten magic, and a handful of C4, the showdown explodes with action. One side is forcing people into slavery and crucifying all who stand against them while the other side is balancing justice with vengeance and mercy. Written in the style of Swan Song and The Stand, this is the final book of the series, answers some questions, and provides gory fun while appraising human nature. Will the zombies inherit the world or will someone worse win the battle? No are holds barred as the survivors fight back with pure rage...

Len

The Diamond Flux or "Red" infection sweeps the world, leaving behind Reds who ghoulishly chase and eat those they can, biting the rest to spread the contagion. Survivors use what they have, axes, baseball bats, and hope to battle the undead. As the world changes, even a night of passion can lead to unbelievable terror. Survivors scramble for safety while avoiding both human and inhuman monsters.
Number six in the series, this book runs parallel to the first five books and explains in detail many secrets about the National Guard Armory and botched treatments for "Red", secret inoculations for immunity, about Hannah's childhood, Len's rage, Gabe and Zane and much more. A must-read for those who follow the Z is For Zombie series and need to know about the characters and have more gore-soaked, oozing-brain fun. This is the revelation of all the secrets that have kept readers guessing about the zombies and those who hunt them. Behind the stories and characters, hidden in the chaos of the apocalypse, find out what lies beneath...

Hannah

The Hopetown team travels to the mall to see if the movies had it right and they did! Ghouls haunt the mall parking lot and there is a battle to survive. Hannah is grown and ready to go out on her own to kill monsters and find more of her kind, but when she and her friends discover a group of people who chose to inoculate themselves, she second guesses who and what she is. Hybrids and survivors fight together but are no match for the hive-like zombies and find that immunity doesn't mean they won't be eaten alive. Hannah's status of avenging angel is called into question when she brings death back to her own home.
The gore and zombies never stop.

Misty, Carl, Teeg

In the eighth novel of the Z is for Zombie series, characters are given their own back stories so the reader can experience the beginning of the zombie infection outbreak from a new perspective The men and women of Hopetown help free new settlements while battling old enemies, new enemies and more flesh-eaters. With the last of the old world's "magic" used up and zombies beginning to mass again, the original team embarks on a journey to a new coastal city. In Port Arthur, they finally realize that while they have a safe place to call home, they are finally at the end of their road and the terms of survival may not be what they expected.

Jet and Limmerfer the Kitten

After eight books, this is the ninth and the grand finale, the final whimper of a world taken over by a zombie apocalypse. Bringing old friends, old enemies and a mass horde of zombies together for a final battle, everyone realizes that there is another player in the game: one will will destroy them all if it can.
This is the last story of the survivor's fight against the creatures and they never knew that George's terms were not quite as simple as they believed; they find that his terms held a last, devastating mystery. Nine isn't just the number of the last book: it's all who will be alive in the end.

About Z is for Zombie (published by Severed Press)

Q and A

Is there a message in the series?
Zombies are the vehicle for my story telling, but the message is about dignity in life and death, and having the right to decide upon individual terms for morality and insanity.

Are the zombies fast or slow?

In books 1-7, they are slow and traditional. They don't talk or think.

What is your favorite part?

I like how 4 old men teach they younger people how to survive and share wisdom..

Who is your favorite character?

I liked George. I like Len and Kim a lot. Beth is intricate. I think Hannah has been the most enjoyable.

What was the hardest part of this series (to write)?

It was satisfying but hard to write about "Tink". Letting go of who we are, what makes us "us" is a theme of the series and his change was difficult to balance because I wanted it to feel real and gritty without sacrificing the poetic feeling. That part felt very personal to me as a writer. The end was brutal to write.

Reviews:

"Great series of books! Realistic perils and triumphs. Awesome and believable characters. Would recommend to every zombie fan! Definite must read!"

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"I really enjoyed this book, mainly because of the great characters! And, when I say characters, I DO mean characters..."

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"This writer here can tell a good story and really knows how to capture the reader's emotions and attention. One last thing is that what sets this book apart from other books is that it relies on its characters and how they cope with the apocalypse, similar to the series: The Walking Dead. This book is far more then JUST a zombie book; In two words this book is: An emotional roller coaster."