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The Last Town
Series · 4 books · 2014-2015

Books in series

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#1

Rise of the Dead

2014

A new miniseries set in the time of THE GATHERING DEAD! The dead have risen, and all across the United States, cities are becoming hunting grounds. New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles...all are falling victim to hordes of carnivorous corpses who want only one thing: to devour the living. Single Tree, California is a small resort town in Inyo County. Between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, it's easy to overlook. And that's exactly what the citizens of Single Tree want, for the stenches and those fleeing them to ignore the town long enough for it to be transformed into a desert fortress at the foot of Mount Whitney. But time is not on their side. Not only do they have to worry about the dead...they have to fear the living.
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#2

Preparing for the Dead

2014

A new miniseries set in the time of THE GATHERING DEAD! The dead have risen, and all across the United States, cities are becoming hunting grounds. New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles...all are falling victim to hordes of carnivorous corpses who want only one thing: to devour the living. As the rest of the country flails about, trying not to be submerged beneath the tidal waves of the dead, the people of Single Tree, California are faced with a choice: either isolate the town from the rest of the country, or meet a grisly demise. Led by billionaire Vietnam veteran Barry Corbett, the townspeople must grapple with the horrifying choices they must make in order to survive. And time is not on their side. Not only do they have to worry about the dead...they have to fear the living.
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#3

Waiting for the Dead

2015

A new miniseries set in the time of THE GATHERING DEAD! The dead have risen, and all across the United States, cities are becoming hunting grounds. New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles...all are falling victim to hordes of carnivorous corpses who want only one thing: to devour the living. When the entire world grinds to a halt from the zombie apocalypse, the small California desert town of Single Tree finds itself falling under siege by hundreds of stranded motorists, including a busload of convicts being transferred from one penitentiary to another. As the townspeople begin to enact billionaire Barry Corbett's plan to turn the town into a virtual fortress, they find they have to prepare to defend their lives and property from the living, as well as the dead. In Los Angeles, LAPD Detective Reese, Patrol Sergeant Bates, and rest of the Hollywood Station cops are locked in a life-or-death struggle against the hordes of flesh-eating dead that threaten to drown the City of Angels beneath a tsunami of rot and despair.
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#4

Fighting the Dead

2015

A new miniseries set in the time of THE GATHERING DEAD! As the defenses are established and the small California desert town of Single Tree is effectively cut off from the rest of the country, the zombie apocalypse is in full swing. Major metropolitan areas are either overrun by the dead, or are threatened by the teeming hordes that are beginning to migrate across the nation. But billionaire Barry Corbett's hope of converting Single Tree into a small island of safety is threatened by a group of escaped convicts on one hand, and the hostile group of citizens led by town council member Hector Aguilar, who see Corbett's actions as a right-wing attempt at secession. Another pain point: the insufferably self-righteous British broadcaster Jock Sinclair, who is now "documenting" Corbett's "crimes against humanity" for sealing off the town from potential evacuees. As all of this happens, two massive groups of stenches pick their way through the desert, feasting on the columns of halted traffic that lead right to the town's newly-erected gates. In Los Angeles, LAPD Detective III Reese, Patrol Sergeant Bates, a mix of cops, National Guardsmen, and civilians are on the run after Cedar-Sinai Hospital and the LAPD's Hollywood Station fall to the dead. Less than one step ahead of the carnivorous ghouls which pursue them, the two police officers must somehow lead their group to safety through the gathering hordes of hungry corpses.

Author

Stephen Knight
Author · 16 books

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