When a man suffering from a rare disease receives a debilitating head injury, the treatment given him mutates his affliction into a highly contagious virus. As the disease spreads, it first kills its victims and then reanimates them into beings that are compelled to eat ravenously and crave human flesh.
In Clearwater, Florida, Steve Wendell is following the stories of people attacking each other, but is unaware of the severity of the situation. When Heather Johansen, a Sheriff’s Deputy who is interested in Steve as more than a friend, tells him the real story of cities being overrun by the dead, Steve makes plans to barricade himself in the fifteen story bank building where the radio station he manages has its suite of offices. After locking himself in with Heather and eight others, the group continues to broadcast live as the dead surround their redoubt and search for a way in. Coming across a ten year-old girl that is immune to the disease, the group tries to find a way to transport her across a land filled with the flesh-eating dead to a government facility where she can be studied and a cure found.
Targeted Age Group:
16-85
How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?
Horror is actually easier than the other genres I write in since it’s pure imagination. There is of course some fact checking on certain people, places and things I include in my books, but it’s not like writing about other subjects.
What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?
Don’t quit. I have every rejection letter ever sent me hanging on the walls of my office. They only motivate me to do better and better. Join every free promotion site out there and keep your information updated. There are author sites where others can read your work and give you feedback on what to improve – and what you’re doing right.
Author Bio:
Jon Schafer (Born February 21st, 1965) is an artist, a writer, and used to design amusement parks, casinos, and family entertainment centers as well as running his own architectural design firm.
He loves to write and has traveled around the world, so he uses a lot of his life’s experience in the background of his books.
He served in the Marine Corps, and although he would never do it again in a million years, cherishes every minute and memory of that time.
His first book, Dead Air, is number one of a four book Zombie apocalypse series, with Dead Calm coming out soon. His second book, Immigrant Song, takes a hard look at illegal immigration but with a twist.
He is a Master Diver and Dive Master through PADI, so to be near some of the best diving in the world he currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.
When you buy one of his books, please rate it. He relies on his customers to tell him how they liked his work and doesn’t have family and friends flesh out his reviews.
What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
After receiving numerous rejections from the mainstream publishing companies, an agent suggested I self-publish and switch from writing about serious subjects such as illegal immigration and the Gaza strip to horror. He assured me that this genre would at the very least get my name established. I have always loved the zombie moves put out by George Romero, so I decided to go in that direction. What started out as one book quickly evolved into a four book series though, and now Dead Calm, the next The Dead Series, will be coming out soon. Dead Weight is in production, and of course the last book will be titled Dead End.
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