New Releases by Alden Bell

In a world where the undead outnumber the living, Moses Todd roams the post-apocalyptic plains of America. His reprobate brother, Abraham - his only companion - has known little else. Together, they journey because they have to; because they have nowhere to go, and no one to answer to other than themselves. Travelling the bloody wastelands of this ruined world, Moses is looking for a kernel of truth, and a reason to keep going. And a chance encounter presents him with the Vestal Amata, a beguiling and mysterious woman who may hold the key to salvation. But he is not the only one seeking the Vestal. For the Vestal has a gift: a gift that might help save what is left of humanity. And it may take everything he has to free her from the clutches of those who most desire her.

Temple n’a aucun souvenir du monde avant la chute. Son univers : une Amérique désolée, envahie par des hordes de zombies, où ce qu''il reste de l''humanité se terre dans des camps retranchés. Temple a quinze ans, mais le temps de l''innocence est depuis longtemps révolu. Elle est seule face à la nature, à ses miracles et à sa sauvagerie. Et derrière elle, immuable, se profile l''ombre de l''homme qui a juré de la tuer. Si ses jours sont comptés, Temple est bien décidée à profiter de ce que la vie peut encore lui offrir, et à découvrir ce que dissimule l''horizon.

"Nacida una década después de la aparición de los primeros zombis, en un mundo donde la civilización apenas sobrevive en enclaves dispersos, Temple ha pasado sus escasos quince años de vida entre esas criaturas; sabe cómo evitarlas y, en caso de que acaben cruzándose en su camino, sabe también cómo matarlas. Pero también es consciente de que algunos humanos pueden resultar mucho más temibles que los muertos vivientes. Tras pasar unas semanas escondida en un islote frente a la costa suroeste de Estados Unidos, Temple regresa al continente y es adoptada por una de las comunidades humanas que subsisten a lo largo del país. Pero una noche asesina a uno de sus miembros que intentaba violarla y se ve obligada a huir. Así se inicia una persecución en la que Temple deberá escapar de Moses, el vengativo hermano del difunto, pero también de sus propios demonios"--Page 4 of cover.

Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the run. Haunted by her past and pursued by a killer, Temple is surrounded by death and danger, hoping to be set free. For twenty-five years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart. She can''t remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her on a personal journey toward redemption. Moving back and forth between the insulated remnants of society and the brutal frontier beyond, Temple must decide where ultimately to make a home and find the salvation she seeks. “Alden Bell provides an astonishing twist on the southern gothic: like Flannery O''Connor with zombies.” —Michael Gruber, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Air and Shadows