Lurking Dread
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Last published Sat, Jun 14, 2025
Lurking Dread is a dark, suspense-filled mystery-horror novel that follows 17-year-old Parker Rosewood and their two friends, Ezra and Mars, as they uncover the truth behind a long-buried government experiment gone horribly wrong. Two years after Parker stumbles upon strange evidence in the woods near their home, a zombie outbreak erupts-turning their 17th birthday into a fight for survival. As the group investigates a forgotten facility and the eerie transmissions it still emits, they realize the infected are evolving... watching... waiting. And what they've uncovered is only the beginning.
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