DEGENERATION
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Last published Wed, May 7, 2014
***Finalist in the First Eater Prizes as the best zombie novel of 2012.
***Degeneration is the best-selling short novel in the zombie category at Amazon Spain.
***Readers consider Degeneration to be controversial, impacting, moving, savage, heart wrenching, and sweet. Do you dare experience this host of sensations in just a little over an hour's reading?
SYNOPSIS: From the serenity of his home in a small village in Valencia, a family man is watching TV and sees live on screen the strange events that are unfolding on the streets of Madrid during a protest: those in attendance have gone mad and are attacking each other with extreme violence. From that point on, the protagonist's life changes forever.
Degeneration is a story of survival after a zombie apocalypse that won't leave you out in the cold. An hour and a half of dramatic reading and non-stop action. A story chocked-full of feelings and challenges that is capable of turning your heart upside down and wringing it dry. Will you make it to the end?
What others have said about Degeneration:
"With a good dose of gore and social criticism, Degeneration makes good on its name and describes just that; it's a testimony of the downfall of man as a society and a civilization. Without doubt, it's a story worth reading." Alejandro Morales (All Zombies Blog).
"The integrity of humankind has gone to Hell and become totally distorted. That's what Degeneration conveys. It's possibly the best zombie story that I have read until now." Toluuuu (El legado de Gilead Blog).
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