Rhiannon Frater

The First Days Rhiannon Frater

Publisher Marketing: This Is the Way the World Ends Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with the rending and tearing of flesh. It begins on a peaceful, beautiful morning. Katie, a prosecutor, is driving to work when a dead man jumps into her car and tries to eat her. Elsewhere in the city, Jenni, a housewife, opens a bedroom door to find her husband devouring their infant son. Fate puts Katie outside Jenni s door when the younger woman flees her zombified family. Fate and Katie s quick reflexes behind the wheel see them safely out of the city while most of the living are quickly chased down by the undead. The two women begin a cross-Texas odyssey to rescue Jenni s oldest son and hopefully find safety . . . somewhere. . . . Jenni discovers the great joy of watching a zombie s head explode when she shoots its brains out. Katie learns that her analytical mind is perfect at planning the best attacks and escape routes. A small, isolated, fortified town is their only hope. Fewer than one hundred people have gathered there, clinging to civilization and to hope. They all know the zombies will come for them. But until that day, they will live, and love, and maybe even laugh. Joins the most imaginative of horrors with memorable characters and heartfelt honesty. - David Dunwoody, author of Empire and Dark Entities Beautiful and haunting. - American Horror Blog" Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/16/2011 (EAN 9780765331267, Paperback) - *Starred Review Library Journal 09/15/2011 pg. 70 (EAN 9780765331267, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Frater, Rhiannon Rhiannon Frater is the award-winning author of over a dozen books, including the As the World Dies zombie trilogy, as well as independent works such as The Last Bastion of the Living (declared the #1 Zombie Release of 2012 by Explorations Fantasy Blog and the #1 Zombie Novel of the Decade by B&N Book Blog), and other horror novels. She was born and raised a Texan and presently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and furry children (a.k.a pets). She loves scary movies, sci-fi and horror shows, playing video games, cooking, dyeing her hair weird colors, and shopping for Betsey Johnson purses and shoes. Contributor Bio:  Campbell, Cassandra Cassandra Campbell has recorded nearly two hundred audiobooks and directed many more. She has been nominated for and won multiple Audie Awards, as well as a prestigious Odyssey Award, and she has been awarded more than twenty "AudioFile" Earphones Awards. Cassandra was also named a Best Voice by "AudioFile" for 2009 and 2010.