Book #1 in the Decaying Series The city that never sleeps is now closing her eyes for good as something weird happens. It was a cold day when shit hit the fan for New York City. Jackie Rivero a 20-year-old New Yorker who just wanted to buy a book is now left to face the end of her old life and the start of a new one all too fast. Jackie is an anti-social ass who doesn't need anyone. Now she does because she knows she can't survive on her own. When she sees a woman attack and kills someone right in front of her, her first thought is to help but will help end her or make her. What happens when the dead doesn't stay dead? How will an anti-social ass live her new life when hell opens its gates?

The world as we know it ended 209 years ago. From a desert wasteland springs a single kingdom, ruled by a tyrannical King and trapped in an endless war against the shadowy desert warriors. As a desperate bid to save what remains of humanity, society has been split into two distinct classes, nicknamed the Court and the Commons. For an oppressed population on the brink of revolution, a common thief could be the last hope. Up until now, Kay has survived by her wits alone. Reckless and impulsive, wanted by the King's guard, Kay has become known as the Runner. Using the city's rooftops as her personal domain, she manages to keep one step ahead of the King with one hand buried in the purses of the courtiers. Driven by the plight of the commoners and the unjust death of her family, Kay seizes the chance to graduate from small-time thievery to full-scale rebellion. Her opportunity comes in the form of Will, a wealthy ex-soldier with a dark past. Plucked from the streets and thrown into the shimmering palace court, Kay must use her every strength to blend into a world where she doesn't belong, closer to the enemy than she ever thought she would be.

The hospital hasn't fallen at the greedy hands of the dead, but to the afflictions of the living. Elise Alice Gordon is gone, leaving Lease, a girl who has fought tooth and nail to find her inner strength. Now, as the group travels down the road to find a so-called sanctuary, they will face new horrors, challenges, and devastating losses that will bring some to the brink of not only their sanity, but their humanity. Lease has dealt with her demons, but with the new dawn rising and the snappers continually mutating, she'll realize that the monsters might not only be the dead, and there might be a new monster forming inside her. She's fought for her inner-strength, and now she'll have to strive to hold onto her humanity and sanity, or risk losing it all, especially now more than ever. Because they aren't on the road of the living, but going down the way of the dead. 

'The Dead Zone' is a remarkable tale of survival following a trio of unlikely friends, who are forced to work together to stay alive in a world reduced to ruins. Packed with action and paired with an improbable romance, the living and dead will clash together as you follow Bryson, Paige, and Zach on their journey to safety across the zombie infested country. Update 2-7-20 THE DEAD ZONE series is currently being revised/rewritten! You can follow instagram.com/authorlanieallen for updates, as well as information about my other projects, including a new YA paranormal novel!

(Book 1) In a world where a virus has spread turning most of the population into flesh eating monsters, there are two friends partying it up in New Orleans when the infection hits. Far away from home, they are trapped and trying to make sense of all that has happened with the help of new friends and enemies along the way. Zombies aren't the only thing to fear... Copyright © 2013 by N_D_Iverson All Rights Reserved. (Warning: This is the unedited, raw first draft) **The edited and polished version, with bonus content and a never before seen chapter, is now available on all eBook retailer websites!**