Dead City, Joe McKinney
Dead City, Joe McKinney
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Dead City

Author: Joe McKinney

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/01/2011


Synopsis

Texas? Toast.

Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying—but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life—with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

The nightmare begins . . .

Within hours, the plague has spread all over Texas. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Along with a small group of survivors, Eddie must fight off the savage horde in a race to save his family.

Hell on Earth.

There's no place to run. No place to hide. The zombie horde is growing as the virus runs more rampant. Eddie knows he has to find a way to destroy these walking horrors . . . but he doesn't know the price he will have to pay.

About Joe McKinney

Joe McKinney is the author of numerous horror, crime, and science fiction novels, including Quarantined, Dodging Bullets, and the four-part Dead World series, which consists of Dead City, Apocalypse of the Dead, Flesh Eaters, and Mutated. He has a master's degree in English literature from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and he has worked as a homicide detective and a disaster mitigation specialist for the San Antonio Police Department. Joe lives north of San Antonio with his wife and children.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Cheryl on 2009-12-02 11:56:06

This one was a real page-turner. I couldn't put it down until I finished it!

Goodreads review by Dirk on February 08, 2015

I half expected every step to carry me over the edge of a cliff. It was like there was a big coiled snake moving slowly through my gut. I wanted to sit down and rest, to let the sick feeling inside me pass, but I knew I couldn’t. I still had miles to go before that could happen. I would normally shun......more

Goodreads review by Joe on February 10, 2008

Dead City was my first book. When I sat down to write it, I was thinking of how tenuous our hold on civilization really is. We like to think of ourselves as flexible, resilient, adaptable, and as a species I think we are. But the veneer of our civilization, well, that's another story. As a police of......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on October 16, 2011

Completely enjoyed this book. I stayed up late into the night to finish it because I did not want to put it down. I enjoyed the fact that the author even made us think about the ethical side of zombies. What if zombies were living human beings who had caught a virus and turned into cannibalistic kil......more

Goodreads review by Kat on May 06, 2012

You know how clothing addicts have those 'I've nothing to wear!!!' tantrums whilst standing in front of an overflowing wardrobe? Well the other day I had a similar moment, replacing the wardrobe with my bookshelf, stamping my feet and saying 'I've nothing to read - I want zombies!!!!'. So I picked u......more

Goodreads review by ItzSmashley on May 10, 2023

Some good horror scenes and fleshed out main characters but I found it a little receptive after a while, don't think il try the rest of this series. A cop finds himself at the beginning of a zombie apocalypse and battles through the hordes to get back to his wife and child.......more