DEADLANDS: The Blood We Bury
Deadlands: Book One - Official Synopsis
By Darnell Finklea
In a world long past its breaking point, survivors don't just fight the dead - they fight to keep what little humanity they have left.
Years after the fall of the old world, Carl Grimes leads a fragile but determined new Kingdom - a sanctuary built from the ashes of what his father once believed in. Alongside him stand hardened warriors: Moira Jones, the daughter of Morgan; Clementine and AJ, legends of survival; and his son, Rick Grimes Jr., beginning to walk the path of a leader.
But the dead are not their greatest threat.
Inside the towering walls of Civic Prime, Carl's sister Judith discovers a terrible truth - their father, Rick Grimes, is alive... and working with the very enemy they thought he died fighting.
As tensions rise and old enemies resurface, tragedy strikes: Hershel Rhee Jr., Carl's closest friend and the last legacy of Glenn and Maggie, is killed during a brutal infiltration.
And from the smoke of grief steps a new nightmare:
Gage - the charismatic, sadistic son of Negan - wielding a chain-wrapped hammer and a twisted vision of order.
Now, with the Kingdom bleeding, the rebellion sparking, and blood in the dirt, Carl must decide:
Will he build the future his father dreamed of...
or burn it all to stop what's coming?
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Deadlands: Book One is a story of blood, legacy, and the cost of hope in a world that eats the innocent.