The Living Dead (novel)

The Living Dead is a 2020 horror novel authored by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus. The book was unfinished upon Romero's death in 2017 and Kraus was hired to complete the novel[1] using Romero's notes[2] and incorporating an old short story by Romero.[3]

The Living Dead
Author
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
August 4, 2020
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages656
ISBN9781250305121

Synopsis

The book is divided into three acts; "The Birth of Death", "The Life of Death", and "The Death of Death".[1] The acts each cover a period of time from the first known zombie attack and forward to the next eleven years.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews gave the novel a positive review calling it "a spectacular horror epic."[4] The Times called the book "everything you could have hoped for."[5]

References
  1. Sheehan, Bill (September 2, 2020). "George Romero's posthumous epic, 'The Living Dead,' reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  2. Squires, John (August 20, 2021). "George A. Romero's Zombie Novel 'The Living Dead' Being Released in Paperback for Halloween!". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. Sciullo, Maria (July 31, 2020). "'The Living Dead' rise again from pieces of George Romero's unfinished novel". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  4. "The Living Dead". Kirkus Reviews. March 30, 2020. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  5. Murphy, Siobhan (August 14, 2020). "The Living Dead by George A Romero and Daniel Kraus review; The Mission House by Carys Davies review". The Times. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.


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