Mutated

Joe McKinney

Oct 2011 · Dead World Book 4 · Pinnacle Books

About this eBook

They Outnumber The Living. . .

25 to 1. Those are the odds of being struck down--and resurrected--by the savage plague that's sweeping the country, forcing survivors to band together against the dead.

They're Growing Stronger. . .

Even among the living, there is dissention. A new leader known as the Red Man has risen up and taken charge--and he's nearly as dangerous as the hungry dead. Some, like Bob Richardson and his friends, strike out on their own. Because if the men with guns don't get them, the zombies will.

They're Getting Smarter. . .

Fleeing the cities, Richardson and his crew find sanctuary in an abandoned farm. But their stronghold may not be strong enough. Something strange and terrifying is happening to the undead. They're banding together. Working as a group. Hungering for a common goal: human flesh. And lots of it.

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

"A fantastic tale of survival horror that starts with a bang and never lets up." --Zombiehub.com

"A rising star on the horror scene."--Fearnet.com

Ratings and reviews

awesome books and this one did not disappoint , action from the first page to the last. although I would like to know what happe. more to the people at the end if they were able to accomplish it in the end. most books end this way and at least one time I read a series it would be nice to go beyond the epic battle to know how their lives turned out. maybe some author will think of that too before just ending g the book

I really enjoyed the other 3 books in this series but, this 4th book was a let down. I found it hard to like the would be hero because he had abducted a woman and attempted to rape her in an earlier book. I love zombie books and will read the he/t Joe McKinney book. I just hope the 5th book is better. Too many hero's of the series are killed.

Excellent finish to 4 book zombie apocalypse redemption story. Among the best I've read, see for yourselves. On to the next.

About the author

Joe McKinney has been a patrol officer for the San Antonio Police Department, a homicide detective, a disaster mitigation specialist, a patrol commander, and a successful novelist. His books include the four-part Dead World series, Quarantined, Inheritance, Lost Girl of the Lake, The Savage Dead, Crooked House and Dodging Bullets. His short fiction has been collected in The Red Empire and Other Stories and Dating in Dead World. His latest novel is the werewolf thriller, Dog Days, set in the summer of 1983 in the little Texas town of Clear Lake, where the author grew up. In 2011, McKinney received the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. A regular guest at regional writing conventions, Joe currently lives and works in a small town north of San Antonio with his wife and children. For more information go to joemckinney.wordpress.com.