Isaac Marion

Now a major motion picture from Summit Entertainment. R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization. And then he meets a girl. First as his captive, then his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.

The end of the world didn’t happen overnight. After years of societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides, humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the world’s corpses rising up to make more. Born into this bleak and bloody landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home. Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brother’s sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle. And in the darkness of a forest, a dead man opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter “R,” he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence—right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly. The New Hunger is a glimpse of the past and a path to an astonishing future…

R is recovering from death. He’s learning how to breathe, how to speak, how to be human, one clumsy step at a time. He doesn’t remember his old life and he doesn’t want to. He’s building a new one with Julie. But his old life remembers him. The plague has another host far more dangerous than the Dead. It’s coming to return the world to the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak, and stopping it will require a frightening journey into the surreal wastelands of America—and the shadowy basement of R’s mind.

Before he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create. But what can R, Julie, and their tiny gang of fugitives do against the creeping might of the Axiom Group, the bizarre undead corporation that's devouring what's left of America? It's time for a road trip. No more flyover country. This time they'll face the madness on the ground, racing their RV across the wastelands as tensions rise and bonds unravel—because R isn't the only one hiding painful secrets. Everyone is on their own desperate search: for a kidnapped daughter, a suicidal mother, and an abused little boy with a gift that could save humanity... if humanity can convince him it's worth saving. All roads lead home, to a final confrontation with the plague and its shareholders. But this is a monster that guns can't kill. A battle only one weapon can win...

R é um jovem com uma crise existencial – ele é um zombie. Ele vagueia por uma América destruída pela guerra, pelo colapso social, e pela fome desmesurada dos seus companheiros mortos-vivos, mas ele anseia algo mais que sangue e cérebros. Ele pode falar somente algumas sílabas grunhidas, mas a sua vida interior é profunda, plena de maravilha e desejo. Ele não tem quaisquer memórias, nem identidade, nem pulsação, mas tem sonhos. Depois de vivenciar as memórias de um menino adolescente ao consumir o seu cérebro, R faz uma escolha inesperada que começa com um tenso, desajeitado, e estranhamente doce relacionamento com a namorada humana da vítima. Julie é uma explosão de cor no meio da sombria e cinzenta paisagem que cerca R. A sua decisão de protegê-la vai transformar não apenas R, mas também o seu companheiro Morto, e talvez o seu mundo inteiro.”

This is a short story collection that I self-published in limited quantities which are all gone now. Getting it out into the world will be my next project after finishing the Warm Bodies sequel. -- A man and a woman on their first date discover they have amazing powers. A Tyrannosaurus Rex enjoys modern life as the guardian and spiritual mentor of Seattle. An angry stoplight manages traffic for the lawless humans it despises. An immortal and indestructible man discovers the horror and beauty of living forever. A serpent exchanges emails with government agencies, confessing to a lifelong murder spree. A feral cat sends psychic postcards to the family dog he left behind. A child abandoned into foster care grows into a very, very hungry man. A boy competes with his older brother for the affections of a girl before discovering a mysterious hole in the bottom of a lake. An old man reminisces on his career as a disease engineer for a shadowy world organization. A teenage girl and her kid brother make their way through a post-apocalyptic Seattle while being pursued by a large, lonely zombie. The black hole at the center of our galaxy delivers a fierce and final soliloquy. From the author of WARM BODIES, a collection of strange stories about strange people, strange creatures, and strange objects experiencing joys and hungers that are not strange at all. 20 stories, including "Grass Through The Concerete" a novella set in the world of WARM BODIES. Limited Edition designed and published by the author. Only 500 copies will be made. All copies are signed.

Now a major motion picture from Summit Entertainment. R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization. And then he meets a girl. First as his captive, then his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.

Ένα εκπληκτικό έργο λογοτεχνικής φαντασίας και συγχρόνως μια παράξενη και συγκινητική παραβολή της ποπ κουλτούρας. O Ρ είναι ένα ζόμπι. Δεν έχει όνομα ούτε αναμνήσεις ούτε σφυγμό, έχει όμως όνειρα. Και είναι λιγάκι διαφορετικός από τους υπόλοιπους Νεκρούς. Ανάμεσα στα ερείπια μιας εγκαταλειμμένης πόλης, ο Ρ συναντά ένα κορίτσι. Τη λένε Τζούλι και είναι ακριβώς το αντίθετο από όσα γνωρίζει - είναι γεμάτη ζεστασιά, έξυπνη και ολοζώντανη, μια έκρηξη χρωμάτων σε ένα μελαγχολικό, γκρίζο τοπίο. Για κάποιο άγνωστο λόγο, ο Ρ επιλέγει να σώσει την Τζούλι αντί να τη φάει, και μια έντονη αλλά παράξενα τρυφερή σχέση αρχίζει. Αυτό δεν έχει ξανασυμβεί ποτέ. Σπάει τους κανόνες και αψηφά τη λογική, αλλά ο Ρ δεν είναι πλέον ικανοποιημένος με τη ζωή στον τάφο. Θέλει να ανασάνει ξανά, να ζήσει, και η Τζούλι είναι πρόθυμη να τον βοηθήσει. Όμως ο ζοφερός, σάπιος κόσμος δεν πρόκειται να αλλάξει δίχως μάχη… To Θερμά Σώματα είναι ένα βιβλίο παράξενο και απροσδόκητο. Ο Ρ είναι το ιδανικό ζόμπι για μία σκεπτόμενη γυναίκα - θα μπορούσε να είναι το τέλειο αγόρι (αν και το πρόσωπό του είναι γκρίζο και όταν μιλάει χρησιμοποιεί ελάχιστες συλλαβές). Πρόκειται για ένα υπέροχο βιβλίο, γραμμένο με εξαιρετικό τρόπο, συγκινητικό και γεμάτο χιούμορ και αλληγορία.