Battered by three devastating hurricanes in a row, the Texas coast is flattened. But for the people of Houston--and soon all of America--the most terrifying events are just beginning. . . They Rise. . . Out of the flooded streets of Houston, they emerge from plague-ridden waters. Dead. Rotting. Hungry. And as human survivors scramble to their rooftops for safety, the zombie hordes circle like sharks. The ultimate killing machines. They Feed. . . Houston is quarantined to halt the spread of the zombie plague. Anyone trying to escape is shot on sight--living and dead. Emergency Ops sergeant Eleanor Norton has her work cut out for her. Salvaging boats and gathering explosives, Eleanor and her team struggle to maintain order. But when civilization finally breaks down, the feeding frenzy begins. They Multiply. . . Biting, gnawing, feasting--but always craving more--the flesheaters increase their ranks every hour. With doomsday looming, Eleanor must focus on the people she loves--her husband and daughter--and a band of other survivors adrift in zombie-infested waters. If she can't bring them into the quarantine zone, they're all dead meat. Praise for Joe McKinney and His Novels "A merciless, fast-paced and genuinely scary read that will leave you absolutely breathless." --Bram Stoker Award-winning author Brian Keene on Dead City "Compelling. . .with a lightning-fast pace. Earns its place in any library of living dead fiction." --New York Times Bestselling Author Jonathan Maberry on Apocalypse of the Dead

ジョー・マッキニーが描く本作の真髄は、自然災害とゾンビ・ホラーを融合させた圧倒的なリアリズムにあります。水没した都市を舞台に、秩序が瓦解する過程を冷徹かつ情熱的に描写。単なるパニック小説の枠を超え、極限状態における「文明の脆さ」を鋭く突きつける点が、本作の文学的な白眉と言えるでしょう。 主人公エレノアの葛藤は、生存本能と倫理観の狭間で揺れる人間の本質を抉り出します。愛する者を守る情念と職務。その衝突は、死者が蔓延る闇の中で唯一の希望として機能しています。読者は怪物への恐怖以上に、極限でこそ試される人間の尊厳に、深く魂を揺さぶられるはずです。