Short Synopsis
Stefan Petrucha presents the second installment of his Hessius Mann series.

Full Synopsis
Either I'm stubborn, or it's rigor mortis, but being dead didn't stop me from being a detective or finding my wife’s killer. But it's tough out there for a zombie, and lately it's been getting tougher. These days the life-challenged have to register and take monthly tests to prove our emotional stability. See, if my kind gets too low, we go feral. I've been feeling a little down lately myself.

So when a severed arm—yeah, just the arm—leaves a mysterious briefcase at my office, my assistant, Misty, thinks figuring out where it came from will keep me on track. But this case goes deeper and darker than I imagined, and my imagination gets pretty dark. Turns out the people after it know more about my past life than I can remember, and even more about what I've become.

"Fast-paced zombie noir with a melancholy bite, a sure antidote for the blandness of traditional zombie fare." ---David Wellington, author of Monster Island

"Petrucha cleverly constructs an investigation with far-reaching implications, making the most of his fully realized setting." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

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