Showing posts with label young adult zombie books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label young adult zombie books. Show all posts

Friday, February 17, 2017

Cover Reveal for Humanity's Hope

The day has finally come for me to reveal the cover for Humanity's Hope!  I'm super excited with how it turned out.  There's still no official date when it will be released, but now you know what it will look like.


Caleb, a 17-year-old boy, survived the zombie uprising, but he didn’t come out of the ordeal unscathed. He’s been scarred—both mentally and physically. The rest of humanity is trying to rebuild, to make the world normal again. Caleb is trying to return to a normal life also, but after all he’s seen, after the loss of his family and friends, the transition is difficult. The darkness that led him down a path of self-doubt and self-harm keeps trying to creep back into his mind.

Things only become worse when he discovers he’s immune to whatever makes a zombie a zombie. Fighting zombies was predictable. He knew what to expect. Fighting humans is volatile. They are malicious and treacherous. They won’t stop to get what they want, and Caleb has to figure out exactly what that is.

*Trigger warning: attempted suicide

Friday, December 16, 2016

New Zombie Books

I was thinking about it the other day, and it’s been a while since I’ve had a new book come out. I think the last time was Good Intentions, the third book in my Road to Salvation series. I supposed you could count Wucaii, but that was actually a re-release. It’s about time I publish a new book.



Thankfully, that wish is not far off. I’m working on the final edits for Humanity’s Hope, the first book in my Saving Humanity series. It’s another young adult zombie series, and I’m pretty excited to get it done.

I’ve been working on the sequel, but it’s been slow coming. I think once I’m done with this round of edits, I’ll be more inspired to write. I have to admit, even though the writing has been slow, I’ve been having a lot of fun with this second book. I get to do some things with my character I haven’t done in the past. I can’t tell you what that is—sorry. I don’t want to ruin the surprise.

I will keep you informed of the progress and let you know when Humanity’s Hope is going to be out. As of now, it looks like an early 2017 release. Woooooooooot!

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Get the entire series in one ebook!

The first book in the Zombie Games series, Origins, is always free and you can download it from most ebook sites. The rest of the books are available for purchase, individually and now as a set!
I want to thank Regina Wamba of Mae I Design for creating my beautiful covers and modeling for them as well.
Here is an excerpt from Zombie Games (Origins).




“Thank God!” I cried, standing face to face with my best friend. Although it was obvious that Paige was relieved to see me, the haunted expression in her eyes spoke volumes. She collapsed into my arms and sobbed.
 “Paige, where’s Allie?” I asked, trying to look beyond her into the safe-room. Unfortunately, she appeared to be alone.
She shook her head as the tears streamed down her face. “I…I don’t know!” she cried.
I wanted to shake her but instead forced myself to remain calm; we’d all been through our own kind of hell the last few hours. “What do you mean?” I asked slowly.
“I don’t know! Allie and Kylie ran away. They were going to try and get help,” she cried through her tears. “I don’t even know where my mom is!”
“Okay, calm down and start from the beginning. What happened?”
Her light green eyes grew large. “It was my stepdad, Dan. He turned into some kind of freak! He tried to fucking bite me. Then my mom…she whacked him with a frying pan. But he…he kept coming towards me with these…horrible red eyes. Mom told me to run, so I did! I ran away and have been hiding here ever since. God, I’m so scared!” she sobbed.
“Paige, I didn’t see anyone else in the house.”
“Well, where’s my mom? She just wouldn’t leave me. They’ve just got to be here somewhere!”
“Paige, it’s okay. We’ll find them, somehow,” I replied softly. “Listen, do you have anything to drink? I could really use some caffeine.” I’d been up for almost twenty-four hours and was finally feeling the effects.
She pulled me inside. The hidden room was larger than my entire bedroom. It held a black leather sectional, an arsenal of electronic equipment, and a fully-stocked refrigerator. I grabbed a soda and walked over to the surveillance cameras.
“Do these things work?” I asked.
“No, I’ve already tried. They hadn’t finished installing them yet.
I sighed. “Well, at least you’ve got the generator, and didn’t have to sit in the dark.”
She nodded and then stared vacantly. “What should we do?”
“Well, do you have any weapons?” I asked.
“What…what do you mean?”
I pulled out the Beretta I had tucked behind my back. “Well, I lost my sectional staff when I was searching your house, but I still have this. You’re going to need something to defend yourself, too, just in case.”
Her eyes narrowed. “From…Dan?”
Crap. She didn’t know about the zombies.

~~~

“Paige?” I’d just recounted my last few hours to her. The expression on her face was unreadable. “Are you okay?”
“You’ve got to be kidding,” she finally said. “That’s just plain nuts.”
“Believe me, I wish I was. Do you really think I’d make something like that up?”
Paige shook her head but I could tell she was still having major doubts. It was crazy for me to imagine and I’d lived through it.
I shrugged. “Well, you’ll find out soon enough. Do you have a baseball bat or something you can hit zombies with?”
She looked at me like I’d lost my mind.
“In my room,” she muttered.
We grabbed a second flashlight and hurried to Paige’s bedroom. She took out a metal baseball bat and two softball helmets, one pink and one black.
Great idea!” I said, putting on the black helmet. “Okay, now stay close to me. I haven’t seen any zombies in your house but there’s a ton of walking dead on the streets.”
She put on the pink helmet and I handed her the bat.
“Wow, I love your nails,” she said suddenly, grabbing my left hand.
I looked down. “Yeah, they look really sexy when I’m shooting at a zombie,” I replied dryly.
Her jaw dropped. “Oh, my God…you really had to use the gun?”
My cell phone started to ring. It was Sara again.
I sighed. “Hi, Sara.”
“It’s Bryce. Where are you at?” he demanded.
I was racked with so many emotions that my knees gave out. I sank to the ground. “Oh, thank God!” I gasped. “I…I didn’t know what happened to you.”
“I’m fine,” he replied sternly. “Stay where you are and I’ll come get you. Are you still at Paige’s?”
Before I had a chance to respond, Paige gasped in horror and backed into me.
“What?” I turned and dropped the phone.
Two zombies stood at the entrance of her bedroom. The smell emitting from them rose like a wave of rotting garbage.
“Holy crap,” said Paige in a strangled voice.
The moon was shining through her bedroom window, giving us a pretty good view of the zombies. One of them, a skinny half-naked man with white curly hair, made an ugly gurgling noise and then curled its lower lip, as if smiling. There was blood dripping from his rotting face and he held what looked the remains of someone’s arm. He tossed it to the ground and staggered towards us.
The next thing I knew, Paige let out some kind of ferocious battle cry, then lifted the metal bat and swung high, bashing the zombie smack in the middle of its skull. Before I could react, she raised it again, this time hitting a solid home run on the creature’s head. It dropped to the ground with a loud, sickening thud.
The other zombie, a muscular bald guy with skull tattoos all over his head, growled at us.
 I raised my gun to shoot him, but the Berretta jammed. “For the love of God,” I mumbled trying repeatedly to shoot it.
“Hold on!” Paige snapped as she tried to dislodge the bat from the other zombie.
But skull-head just couldn’t wait; he staggered eagerly towards me, white froth foaming from his mouth. Fortunately for me he was terribly slow, with very little coordination. I stepped out of his line of attack and he fell to the ground. When he finally lifted himself back up, I jumped into the air and did a hard side kick; my foot catching him in the throat. He fell backward onto Paige’s jewelry box and that’s when all hell broke loose.
Paige’s face turned red and she screamed in fury. “Get your ugly ass off of my grandmother’s jewelry box, you piece of dead rotting meat!!!” Then she kicked the zombie onto the floor and stomped the sharp heel of her new Jimmy Choo boot onto its face until it was just a bloody mass of gore.
I stared at her in shock as she wiped the perspiration off of her forehead, then grabbed a towel and began cleaning off her boot.
When I finally found my voice, I said, "So, I guess you believe me now?"

Monday, January 6, 2014

Preditors Editors Annual Readers Poll

Reposted this---

And it's time again for the Preditors & Editors annual poll to vote for your favorites.

  So... Yes I am asking for votes in the Young Adult Poll for GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie. (Book details at website.)

The poll runs to Jan. 14. You vote (a submit button will come up at the bottom of that page link - be aware the site loads a bit slow sometimes) and then confirm by email.

(Poll tally is here.)

And a BIG thanks for voting!


Monday, April 29, 2013

A to Z Blog Challenge: Young Adult Zombie Book

*** This month we are participating in the A to Z Blog Challenge. Check it out! ***  

For Y day, I present Young Zombies and the book, Generation Dead by Daniel Waters. I read this book many years ago, when it first came out. It's zombie popcorn reading, and I thought it had a good overall theme about fitting in and acceptance as well as dealing with prejudice. Just don't think too hard about the biology behind zombies that don't decay.

  Phoebe is just your typical goth girl with a crush.  He's strong and silent.and dead.

All over the country, a strange phenomenon is happening.  Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead.  They are coming back to life, but they are no longer the same-they stutter, and their reactions to everything are slower.   Termed "living impaired" or "differently biotic," they are doing their best to fit into a society that doesn't want them. 

Fitting in is hard enough when you don't have the look or attitude, but when almost everyone else is alive and you're not, it's close to impossible.   The kids at Oakvale High don't want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn't breathing.  And there are no laws that exist to protect the differently biotic from the people who want them to disappear-for good. 

http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Dead-Daniel-Waters/dp/B0025VL966

Monday, April 8, 2013

A to Z Blog Challenge: G is for GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie - cover reveal


* * We're taking part in the A to Z Blog Challenge, check  it out! * *

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Today is the letter G - for GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie


 This is the LAST day of the cover reveal contest for my  upcoming zombie book,
GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie.  (Read prologue)

** This is a cover reveal game
 - see first 3 pieces here - 2nd two pieces here  - and 3rd pieces here.  
Entries end 4/10. Winners and full cover reveal on  Weds.** ** See puzzle below **

RULES: Over the next few weeks, at least once to twice a week, I'll reveal two to three of the cover pieces by number. What you have to do is virtually assemble the cover and tell me the numbers of the pieces in order.  It won't be as hard as it sounds.

What's in it for you: 

** Win a pre-pub pdf. 
2. If you can wait until it comes out (probably August) you can get a print book (US shipping only) or ebook.

** You MUST do all 3 simple steps to be included in contest:

1. Take a peek at the revealed cover pic pieces here at the GirlZombieAuthors blog, and comment on it at the blog.
2. Follow the blog. -- Follow the Facebook page for GIRL Z. (See Rafflecopter below)
3. Sign up via the Rafflecopter below and put your final list of numbers in (on the last day). You're included if you do the 3 steps.  (Be sure to leave an email or website to contact you if you win.)

*** The Rafflecopter may be over - but - add your numbers of the pieces in order and make a comment in the blog here to be entered still!  
           TODAY all comments are entered to win!** 


Last 3 pieces:  

8. 

9.


10.



** I'll be kind - here's the puzzle:  Make sense? ha!


** Don't forget to comment.   Today ALL comments are entered to win!! **



I hope you enjoyed the game! I'll reveal the full cover and the winners on Weds. **