Now we duck behind the curtain to find another stage. In simpler times, life was a one-act play, and when it was over we took our bows and caught our roses and enjoyed any applause we earned, then the spotlight faded and we shuffled backstage to nibble crackers in the greenroom of eternity. This is the arc of the average life-unexamined, unremarked, unremarkable-and it should have ended there. I stumbled through the curtain, squinting into the blinding light of the birth canal, and after a brief and banal performance, I died. A man I don’t remember mixed genes with a woman I can’t recall, and I was called to the stage. My first life fled without a fight and left nothing behind, so I doubt it was a loss worth mourning. Whatever past lives return to me and whatever other names they bring, this is the one that matters. It’s not much of a name, but someone I love gave it to me. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. A past life, an old shadow, crawling up from the basement. But there are some answers R doesn’t want to find. How do you fight an enemy that’s in everyone? Can the world ever really change? With their home overrun by madmen, R, Julie, and their ragged group of refugees plunge into the otherworldly wastelands of America in search of answers. The plague is ancient and ambitious, and the Dead were never its only weapon. To return things to the way they were, the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak. R can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart-building a new world from the ashes of the old one.Īnd then helicopters appear on the horizon. He’s learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love, and the city’s undead population is showing signs of life. But since his recent recovery from death, R is making progress.

Now R the reluctant zombie continues his journey in this much-anticipated sequel.īeing alive is hard.

The New York Times bestseller Warm Bodies captured hearts worldwide in twenty-five languages, inspiring a major film and a cult fandom. “Poignant and poetic.brings zombie lit back from the dead.” - The Stranger “Exciting action, intriguing characters, epic scale.” - Booklist (starred review) “A richly imagined philosophical exploration.” - Bellingham Herald “A thrilling coast-to-coast journey.” - The Seattle Times

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