Two New Books Up For Pre-order!
First off is the new Michael McBride novel, The Infected, we promised.
They’re breeding in the darkness, underground, feasting on blood and carrion. For centuries they’ve been sustained by offerings of ritualistic sacrifice, propagating the contagions to be unleashed on the world through savage stingers when the day of destiny finally arrives. Millions of sand flies, swarming through caverns riddled with human and animal remains, awaiting the vernal equinox when the serpent god Kukulcán will descend from the heavens to release them and deliver his vengeance upon those who drove his worshippers from their sacred land.
The pandemic is at hand, for contained within each of the insects is a deadly combination of microorganisms capable of laying waste to the human immune system and ravaging the flesh, killing the cerebrum and leaving the victim at the mercy of the primitive hindbrain. Those contaminated become enraged creatures functioning on instinct alone, capable only of killing and spreading the disease.
The sick now hunt the dwindling bands of survivors, who will soon learn that the only thing worse than dying, is becoming one of The Infected.
Download a free excerpt of this book HERE.
This title is covered under Delirium’s Hardcover Subscription Plan. HC subscribers will automatically receive this title at the time it is published.
Also, don’t forget about Delirium’s Get Infected Promotion going on now. Buy a copy of this book and you’ll have a chance to win 1 of 5 gift certificates. To find out more, please visit the Get Infected! Page.
You can order this book by clicking HERE.
The second title up for pre-order today is the featured book club title for January: David Jack Bell’s The Condemned. This book is also being released as an X-series hardcover title and is already sold out through the subscription.The world is at war…the city is dying…and those left for dead within its walls have awakened…
A terrorist attack on the water supply has left the city quarantined by the army and inhabited by the City People, the mindless living dead who rule the urban night. Jett Dormer works for the government. During the day he and his partner Vince drive a wrecker, collecting abandoned cars from the city’s dying core, scrap metal to feed the nation’s raging war machine. They finish their work before nightfall and return to home base outside the city and then to their wives and families. Until the day Jett and Vince are overrun by a horde of City People, and only Jett makes it out.Plagued by nightmares and wracked with guilt for having left his best friend behind, Jett returns to work, hoping to provide for his family. But his new partner, a wounded veteran known only as the Kid, won’t let Jett forget what happened to Vince. And he won’t let Jett forget that Vince might not be entirely dead.
You’re never going to feel right, or be right, as long as he’s out there…
Soon Jett and the Kid are on a mission to find Vince and bring whatever’s left of him home. But as their city raids grow bloodier, Jett finds himself increasingly under the mysterious influence of his new partner. And just as his murderous rage for the City People grows nearly out of control, he realizes things may not be exactly as they appear. The night, and those who control it—the City People—hold many secrets. Secrets that might just set Jett free…or destroy him and everything he holds dear.
Although you might have never heard of David Jack Bell yet, you will. Check out what others are saying about him:
“David Jack Bell’s THE CONDEMNED is an exciting, fast-paced novel with a highly original spin on the zombie mythos. As thought-provoking, moving, and socially relevant as it is brutal and horrifying, THE CONDEMNED is a remarkable first novel that will undoubtedly secure Bell’s position as an electrifying new voice in the genre.”
—Greg F. Gifune, author of DOMINION
“David Jack Bell creates characters you care about and he tells you stories you’ve never heard before. Watch out. This guy’s going to one of our best.”
—Thomas F. Monteleone, author of FEARFUL SYMMETRIES
“THE CONDEMNED gave me the tingle I felt when I read Richard Matheson’s I AM LEGEND for the first time. This is a wonderful, forceful, moody book that’s as palpable as it’s engaging. Pay attention to David Jack Bell. This is the start of an impressive career.”
—David Morrell, Author of FIRST BLOOD
“David Jack Bell writes with freshness and immediacy, and I look forward to following his bright arc across the horror heavens.”
—Scott Nicholson
“David Bell is the real deal, a true storyteller with a style as compelling as a news bulletin. You just keep turning the pages.”
—Ed Gorman
“If David Goodis or Jim Thompson had written a zombie novel it might have been something like this. It comes complete with a sly social commentary as well. Bell’s is an impressive debut…”
—Jack Ketchum
“In The Condemned, David Jack Bell has created a beautifully written and compelling novel, filled with fascinating characters, and turning on a unique storyline that may just make it a classic, in time.”
—T.M. Wright, Author of A Manhattan Ghost Story
Download a free excerpt of this book HERE.
You can order this book HERE. (Book Club members will get this title 25% off the cover price and it will automatically ship in January when it’s published. If you aren’t a book club member, please check out the Book Club Page for more details!
Comment by Scott Berke on 21 August 2007:
I’ve been Infected and Condemned all in one day!
Comment by SLIM on 21 August 2007:
So was I Scott, It was my wedding day.
Two cool looking books. A’RIGHT!
Comment by sdkdmd on 21 August 2007:
It’s nice when all you have to do is sit back and the books just come to you
Comment by dezm on 21 August 2007:
That it is. Got my hc, x, and lifer sub working overtime for me today. That Condemned sounds fucking sweet. Glad it’s coming out in pb as well.
Comment by kresby on 21 August 2007:
Feels like Christmas.
Comment by napboy on 21 August 2007:
subscription infected
Comment by crimsongremlin on 21 August 2007:
SWEEEEEET!! Keep ‘em comin!
Comment by Leigh on 21 August 2007:
Both will me added to my Delirium bookshelf. Another great Delirium day.
Comment by David J Bell on 23 August 2007:
Thanks to all who have pre-ordered THE CONDEMNED. And congratulations to Michael McBride for selling out in 36 hours.
Visit my website at http://www.davidjackbell.com