It begins with a long-dormant virus released from an archaeological dig in Northern Alaska.A researcher studying the virus suffers a fever and launches into a bloody killing spree that ends with two police officers dead. A second researcher, Dr. Meg Perriman, has just flown home for the Easter holiday with her family in North Carolina, unknowingly carrying the virus. Within days, the infection spreads across the planet, sparking martial law, chaos, and widespread slaughter as many of the infected turn into flesh-eating zombies.Meg and a few others appear to be immune, however, and the survivors gather in a megachurch called Promiseland that the U.S. government has established as an emergency shelter. The Rev. Cameron Ingram, a charismatic televangelist the president has appointed as the “zombie czar,” believes the catastrophe is a sign of the Biblical apocalypse. When a rash of natural disasters accompany the outbreak and civilization breaks down, people turn to Ingram for...
Scott Nicholson is the international bestseller of more than 30 books, including Liquid Fear, The Red Church, the After post-apocalyptic series, and The Harvest. He's been a Stoker Award finalist and Writers of the Future award winner. His website is www.AuthorScottNicholson.com.