The Loving Dead – Read For Free Before Publication
Now here’s an interesting way to get people to buy your book – give it to them for free? However if you go by the description (I have not yet had the time to read the novel myself I’m still quite a few behind on ones I have been sent to review) the first line of the description has me sold. The rest of it? Well at that point I’m a little worried but those are two authors I love to read so am very curious to have a shot at reading the full novel.
The Loving Dead is a zombie-comedy-romance that reads like the love-child of Chuck Palahniuk and Christopher Moore. It tells the story of Kate and Michael, twenty-something housemates working at the same Trader Joe’s supermarket, who are thoroughly screwed when people start turning into zombies at their house party in the Oakland hills. The zombie plague is a sexually transmitted disease, turning its victims into shambling, horny, voracious killers after an incubation period during which they become increasingly promiscuous. Thrust into extremes by the unfolding tragedy, Kate and Michael are forced to confront the decisions they’ve made, and their fears of commitment, while trying to stay alive. Kate tries to escape on a Zeppelin ride with her secret sugar daddy — but people keep turning into zombies, forcing her to fight for her life, never mind the avalanche of trouble that develops from a few too many innocent lies. Michael convinces Kate to meet him in the one place in the Bay Area that’s likely to be safe and secure from the zombie hordes: Alcatraz. But can they stay human long enough?
What happens when you are young and hip and just barely squeaking by — and society falls into little lascivious pieces around you?
If you would like to read the online serial for free before publication head over to The Official Loving Dead Site.
If you would like to pre-order the novel head over to Amazon
