Bram Stoker Award Best Novel Winner
Flesh Eaters
by Joe McKinney
Summary
When a series of hurricanes floods the Texas Gulf Coast, the disaster unleashes a fast spreading plague that turns the drowned and the desperate into ravenous undead. Police sergeant Eleanor Norton fights to keep her family alive amid collapsing infrastructure, looting, and a corrupt command structure as dangerous as the zombies themselves. McKinney, a real life San Antonio police officer, brings procedural authenticity to a survival story that treats natural catastrophe and human failure as the true engines of horror.
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Historical Context & Significance
Joe McKinney drew on his career as a San Antonio police officer for this entry in his Dead World zombie series, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.