36 Hours — Anthony Barnhart

Originally published in 2004, 36 Hours is the classic fairy-tale meets zombies story, written in the author's high school years and inspired by a hopeless romanticism for someone he couldn't have. Rewritten in 2010, this 2nd edition has been revised in its entirety and features over 100 pages of new material.

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April 23, 2004: dawn breaks over the American midwest. A mutated form of Avian flu breaks across the world, turning the infected into flesh-eating zombies. This classic tale of shambling zombies and a world caught in the crosshairs of a brutal pandemic focuses on one young boy's struggle to survive and to protect the ones he loves.