The Estuary by Derek Gunn
Journalist John Pender has returned to his home town of Whiteshead to rekindle his marriage. Ex-British intelligence officer Dave Johnson has arrived to isolate himself after his fiancé is murdered during a mission that went terribly wrong. But excavations for the new shopping centre unearth a mysterious contagion that threatens to throw their lives into chaos. Now the residents of Whiteshead are trapped within a quarantine zone with the military on one side and ravenous hordes of living dead on the other. Escape is no longer an option.
Far out in the mouth of the estuary a small Keep sits forlornly surrounded by an apron of jagged rocks. This refuge has always been unassailable, a place of myth and legend that has grown in folklore through the years. Now, it's the survivors' only hope of sanctuary. But there are thousands of flesh-eating infected between them and the Keep and time is running out ...
"Gunn's writing style is very engaging, particularly his action sequences. They are plentiful, intense, appropriately blood-soaked" -- Bookloons
"Almost fifteen thousand men, women and children turned into flesh-eating zombies by a long-forgotten Nazi chemical weapon ...sounds like your thing?" -- David Moody, author of HATER.
"A seemingly idyllic setting, characters full of human weakness and heroism and a mysterious contagion that threatens to destroy everything--fantastic ingredients for a modern horror novel!" -- Gav thorpe, author of MALEKITH
Derek Gunn lives in Dublin, Ireland with his wife and three children and is the author of the post-apocalyptic thriller series, Vampire Apocalypse, widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic. The first two books in the series are; A World Torn Asunder (2006) and Descent into Chaos (2008). The third Vampire Apocalypse book, Fallout, is due out in 2009. An adaptation of Derek's first book is under option and is currently in active development as a major movie. Derek is a member of the International Thriller Writers and the Horror Writers Association. Visit his website at www.derekgunn.com
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