By the Blood of Heroes by Joseph Nassise

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Synopsis

Harper Voyager Trade Paperback Original An alternate history zombie novel set during World War I that blends the take-no-prisoners heroic grit of Inglorious Basterds with the irreverent inventiveness of Dawn of the Dead. At the end of 1917, the increasingly desperate Germans introduce a new gas to the battlefield: T-Leiche-"corpse gas"-that radically alters the face of the war. Ulike other chemical weapons that attack the living, T-Leiche resurrects the... more

Harper Voyager Trade Paperback Original An alternate history zombie novel set during World War I that blends the take-no-prisoners heroic grit of Inglorious Basterds with the irreverent inventiveness of Dawn of the Dead. At the end of 1917, the increasingly desperate Germans introduce a new gas to the battlefield: T-Leiche-"corpse gas"-that radically alters the face of the war. Ulike other chemical weapons that attack the living, T-Leiche resurrects the bodies of the dead, giving the enemy an almost unlimited, if not quite fresh, source of troops. When legendary Allied pilot and war poster-boy Major Jack Freeman is shot down and taken captive by the Germans, veteran Captain Michael "Madman" Burke is the only man fearless and wild enough to try to rescue the American Ace. With a small squad of heroes-his right-hand man Sergeant Moore, Clayton Manning, the filthy rich big-game hunter turned soldier, and professor Dan Richards, Tesla protege and the resident authority on all things supernatural-Burke must traverse the putrid ground of no man's land to infiltrate the enemy's lines. Using an experimental drilling vehicle, the team faces incredible danger and finds risk and peril at every turn, including ruthless traitor smugglers and marauding bands of the Kaiser's undead. But only when they arrive at the prison camp is the true importance of their mission unveiled. Now, they just have to get back to their own trenches-if they can stay undead, that is. less

About Joseph Nassise

Joseph Nassise is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the internationally bestselling Templar Chronicles series (Heretic, A Scream of Angels, A... more

Joseph Nassise is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the internationally bestselling Templar Chronicles series (Heretic, A Scream of Angels, A Tear in the Sky) and several books in the Rogue Angel action/adventure series. He is also the author of Eyes to See, the first book in an urban fantasy series. He's a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world's largest organization of professional horror writers, and a two time Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit his website at josephnassise.com less