An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Science Fiction, Horror, and Science Fiction.
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acidetched firsthand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Science Fiction, Horror, and Science Fiction.
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