Plague Town: An Ashley Parker NovelDana Fredsti
Titan Books, April 2012
ISBN: 978-0857686350
In the small university town of Redwood Grove, people are succumbing to a lethal strain of flu. They are dying--but not for long. It's Buffy meets the Walking Dead in a rapid-fire zombie adventure!
An outbreak of Walker's flu has been running rampant through the small college town of Redwood Grove, creating bedridden and sometimes delirious citizens, many of whom die from the virus. Unfortunately, they don't stay dead for long, and they rise again with one goal: to seek out and consume flesh.
Student Ashley Parker is attacked by a horde of zombies while having a romantic picnic with her boyfriend. When she awakens, she’s in a strange room, with Gabriel, her History of Pandemics Professor, of all people. It turns out that Ashley is one of the 0.001% of the population that is immune to zombie infection--a "Wild Card", as they like to call themselves. Not only is Ashley immune to bites and scratches, but her senses, strength, and agility have been increased as a result of her body fighting off the infection.
Because of this unique immunity and the subsquent physical perk, Ashley and her fellow Wild Cards are prized, highly-sought out civilian recruits for the US Military. As it turns out, zombie outbreaks have been happening routinely throughout history, and high levels of government know, prepare, and have been fighting against uprisings since ancient times. Given everything that has happened to her, Ashley willfully agrees to work with the military group to stop the onslaught of zombies that is quickly overwhelming the quiet college town of Redwood Grove.
As the zombie horde increases in size, Ashley and her fellow Wild Cards find themselves in way over the heads. And with secrets at every turn--from the nature of certain Wild Card immunity to the truth of the latest zombie outbreak--Ashley and her new friends must think quickly if they are going to survive. With the training from the mysterious Gabriel and the backing from a secretive government agency, Ashley and her group of wild cards may just win the zombie war.
Plague Town is the first book a new zombie series that grabs the reader's attention from the very first chapter and keeps the pace going throughout. Dana Fredsti has created a compelling spin on zombie fiction and introduced a distinctive new heroine. Fredsti's style is fresh and fun, with plenty of snarky comments and pop culture references. Plague Town is a great novel for any horror fan.
DANA FREDSTI is the US-based author of Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon. She has also appeared in various zombie/horror movies projects, and worked on Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness as an armourer's assistant, sword-fighting captain, and sword-fighting Deadite.
ISBN: 978-0857686350; ISBN10: 0857686356; Imprint: Titan Books; On Sale: 4/3/2012; Format: Mass Market Paperback; Pages: 368; $7.99
