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Posts Tagged ‘Louisiana’

New Release – Empire (2nd Edition)

Posted by Dark Whisperer on March 16, 2010

Empire (2nd Edition)

Author: David Dunwoody

Publisher: Permuted Press / Gallery Books

Release Date: March 16th, 2010

ISBN-10: 1439180725
ISBN-13: 978-1439180723

Author Website

The year is 2112, and humanity is giving up its fight against the zombie hordes. And Death himself has risen in their place — this time, the dead will stay dead.

The crippled U.S. government and its military forces are giving up the century-long fight against an undead plague. Born of an otherworldly energy fused with a deadly virus, the ravaging hordes of zombified humans and animals have no natural enemies. But they do have one supernatural enemy: Death himself.

Descending upon the ghost town of Jefferson Harbor, Louisiana, the Grim Reaper embarks on a bloody campaign to put down the legions that have defied his touch for so long. He will find allies in the city’s last survivors, and a nemesis in a man who wants to harness the force driving the zombies — a man who seeks to rebuild America into an empire of the dead.

Whispers about Empire

“The macabre mixture of mythology and modern horror, along with a cast of weirdly entertaining characters and gore-a-plenty, make this zombie book well worth digging into.” – Dark Realms

“A strange and intriguing novel from first page to last, Empire is a top pick for horror fans.” – Small Press Bookwatch

“Thought-provoking and seriously badass.” – HorrorNews.net

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New Release – Shadowed Summer

Posted by Dark Whisperer on January 29, 2009

sscover-medresShadowed Summer

Author: Saundra Mitchell

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Release Date: February 10th, 2009

ISBN 10: 0385735715
ISBN 13: 978-0385735711

Author Website

Nothing ever happened in Ondine, Louisiana, not even the summer Elijah Landry disappeared- that was an incident, and one most everybody forgot. But fourteen-year-old Iris Rhame, certain she saw his ghost in the town cemetery, is determined to find out the truth behind “The Incident With the Landry Boy.”

What Iris doesn’t realize is that in a town as small as Ondine, every secret is a family secret.

Whispers about Shadowed Summer

“Utterly amazing and beautiful, this story still haunts me.” - Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

“A beautiful confection of deftly handled prose, mystery and extremely lovable characters.” - Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon’s Lexicon

“Ondine, Louisiana is sleepy, and some of its characters are dead, but the language [of Shadowed Summer] is delightfully alive.” - Luke Wallin, award-winning author of The Redneck Poacher’s Son and The Slavery Ghosts

“This splendid novel will stay with readers for a long time.” -JLG Monthly

“Teen readers will appreciate the suspenseful plot and the tragic story.” -Kirkus Reviews

“Good ghost stories are, like ghosts, a little thin on the ground in these times, and readers will be pleased to find this atmospheric reaffirmation of the power of a good haunting.” - Center for Children’s Books

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