"Plague of the Dead" Releases a Pandemic of Zombies

"The Morningstar Strain: Plague of the Dead" (ISBN 0-9789707-0-5, 308 pp., $14.95), the first novel in a planned trilogy by author Z.A. Recht, throws society into a tailspin. Its star, a virus dubbed ‘Morningstar,’ starts as a minor outbreak and spreads like wildfire to become a global pandemic. But the infected react like nothing the world has ever seen, rising after death to hunt and attack the living.

On one side of the world, a battle-hardened General surveys the remnants of his command: a young medic, a veteran photographer, a brash Private, and dozens of refugees; all are his responsibility—all thousands of miles from home. Back in the United States, an Army Colonel discovers the darker side of the Morningstar virus and begins to collaborate with a well-known journalist to leak the information to the public.

Z.A. RECHT lives in West Virginia in an enviably decked-out bachelor pad beta-testing video games and enjoying the finished product. He enjoys studying history and keeps up-to-date on the real estate markets across the Tri-State area—particularly looking for that one special piece of unique, ancient, or odd property which he will someday own.

PERMUTED PRESS is an independent publisher known for its post-apocalyptic and zombie-themed fiction, especially its series, The Undead; the first installment includes fiction by fan favorites such as David Moody, Andre Duza, and David Wellington, plus an afterword by award-winning author Brian Keene. Permuted has also published cult horror novels such as Travis Adkins’ Twilight of the Dead and Bowie Ibarra’s Down the Road.