Its written by a san antonio police officer joe mckinney and san antonio is a stones throw away from where i live austin. Dead city, the debut horror novel by joe mckinney, is a worthy read, equally impressive as a first novel as it is an intense zombie book. Its full of action and suspense, but its tempered with adept character building and introspective musing. Featuring everything you ever wanted to know about dead city, apocalypse of the dead, flesh eaters, mutated and the other stories making up the dead world series. Joe mckinney sucks you in with action but where i think he excels the most is. If youre writing a dead city essay and need some advice, post your joe mckinney essay question on our facebook page where fellow bookworms are always glad to help. He published his first novel, dead city, in 2006, a book that has since been recognized as. Naturally, mckinney s protagonist is a police officer. For me, the thrill has always been in storytelling. There seems to be a degree of negativity about dead city, largely aimed at having a lack of empathy for the main character. Which leads me to believe that reading the book is not actually a part of a tagwriters job description. Dead city by joe mckinney 2006, paperback for sale online.
I was doing this gig for free long before people started buying my books. Apocalypse of the dead dead city dodging bullets flesh eaters lost girl of the lake with michael mccarty quarantined the red empire inheritance mutated the savage dead dog days century short story collections. Dead city has all the action you could want out of a zombie book and the main character is pretty well fleshed out. The first few chapters have a nice buildup as the reader experiences the outbreak through the eyes of a san antonio police officer. During the course of a hellish night, eddie fights off hordes of the undead while making his way back to his wife and kid. A readers guide to dead world by joe mckinney featuring everything you ever wanted to know about dead city, apocalypse of the dead, flesh eaters. Dead city ebook by joe mckinney 9780786025978 rakuten kobo. San antonio police officer eddie hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. He has a masters degree in english literature and has worked as a homicide detective and a disaster mitigation specialist for the san antonio police department. He has a masters degree in english literature and has worked as a homicide detective an. Now that enough time has past, survivors of the zombie catastrophe are writing memoirs of their experience. I first heard about dead city first published in 2006 around 2008 and was really eager to read it. According to the book description of dead city, battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the texas gulf coast and half of the lone star state is reeling from the worst devastation in history.
Mar 29, 2017 this feature is not available right now. A readers guide to dead world by joe mckinney featuring everything you ever wanted to know about dead city, apocalypse of the dead, flesh eaters, mutated and the other stories making up the dead world series. There are some expository characters within dead city that aid in adding death to proceedings without slowing down the pace set by the author. His works include the four part dead world series, the science fiction disaster tale, quarantined, which was nominated for the horror writers associations bram stoker award for superior achievement in a novel, 2009, and the real crime novel, dodging bullets. Join facebook to connect with joe mckinney and others you may know.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Joe mckinney they back a truck full of money up to your front door and you never have to work again. In the savage dead 20, mckinney addressed the border relations between the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read apocalypse of the dead. Eddie hudson is a san antonio police officer on duty when a zombie invasion hits his city. Here, the author puts the old adage write what you know, write what you love to use and bases proceedings in his hometown of san antonio, texas and unleashes a series of hurricanes on the lone star state which seemingly cause the dead to rise with an insatiable appetite for.
After the gulf coast is battered by three tremendous hurricanes, a deadl. This is my first time reading anything by joe mckinney. Dead city is the first novel in the dead world series and was in the year. Dead city has been on my tbr pile for quite some time. Dead city by joe mckinney and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The dead world book series by joe mckinney includes books dead city, apocalypse of the dead, flesh eaters, and several more. Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the texas gulf coast and half of the lone star state is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Joe mckinney is a san antonio based author of several horror, crime and science fiction novels. Click to read more about dead city by joe mckinney.
Joseph anthony joe mckinney born 12 may 1967 is an irish stage, film and television actor and voiceover artist. Apocalypse of the dead ebook written by joe mckinney. Joe mckinney is the author of the novels dead city and quarantined, and more than thirty short stories and novellas. Within hours, the plague has spread all over texas. Apocalypse of the dead by joe mckinney nook book ebook. Dead city, book by joe mckinney mass market paperback. Dead city book by joe mckinney 5 available editions. My hesitation has stemmed from the gluttony of zombie stories that have flooded the market in the past decade. To me, these arent your mothers zombies is a way of saying, check it, these zombies are new and different and unlike the zombies of your mothers day. Ebook apocalypse of the dead by joe mckinney read online. This however, is also my main criticism of dead city.
A decade ago, if youd walked into a bookstore looking for a zombie novel, you would have found only two. When five cataclysmic hurricanes cause massive devastation in texas, leaving thousands dead, a new threat emerges from the wreckage, a virus that brings the dead back to life with an unquenchable hunger for human flesh, and only a small group of survivors can stop the horror from spreading. He trained at inchicore vec dublin and worked on stage productions such as the irish premiere of unidentified human remains and the true nature of. This wasnt to be and mckinney sets an utterly relentless pace with the events occupying the pages of dead city taking place largely over a period of about 24 hours. Joe mckinney is the author of dead city and a coauthor of the sound of horror. The success of max brookss world war z and brian keenes the rising has led to a proliferation of novels featuring the walking dead to meet the public demand. Mckinney has won two bram stoker awards, one for dog days in the superior achievement in a young adult novel in the year 2014. See all books authored by joe mckinney, including dead city, and apocalypse of the dead, and more on. Joe mckinney has 115 books on goodreads with 63374 ratings.
Joe mckinney books list of books by author joe mckinney. Joe mckinney has been a patrol officer for the san antonio police department, a homicide detective, a disaster mitigation specialist, a patrol commander, and a successful novelist. Rathfarnhamborn mckinney trained and worked as a hairdresser for four years, before joining fringe theatre. He has a masters degree in english literature from the university of texas at san antonio, and has worked as a homicide detective and as a disaster mitigation specialist for the san antonio police department.
Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening. Among the writers focusing on this subgenre of horror is joe mckinney with his dead lands and dead world series. Over his career, he has written thirteen novels, developed two collections of short stories, created a tale for a comic book, and been both published in and edited numerous anthologies. Amy grech, author of apple of my eye and blanket of white joe mckinney s dead city is a tense, thrillapage nightmare, written with great passion and authority. For me, the thrill has always been inmore they back a truck full of money up to your front door and you never have to work again. Joe mckinney born september 22, 1968 is a san antonio based author and patrol supervisor.
Read dead city by joe mckinney available from rakuten kobo. Brian keenes the rising and joe mckinneys dead city. See the complete dead world series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Long recognized as one of the driving voices that launched the worlds fascination with t. Joe mckinney in the wake of five cataclysmic hurricanes, a deadly virus breaks out in texas, returning the dead to life with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. A tie between dead city by joe mckinney and the remaining by d. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Dead city by joe mckinney overdrive rakuten overdrive. Read apocalypse of the dead by joe mckinney online and the dead shall rise. If dead city has any true weakness, its the lack of depth in the setting and the story may be a little bit too straight forward. Joe mckinney is an author in many genres, including horror, ghost stories, virus thrillers, crime and science fiction. Joe mckinney audio books, best sellers, author bio. It contains everything you want from a story like this. Dead city, which takes place in san antonio and is the story of one of a local cop, is just such a book.
His books include the fourpart dead world series, quarantined, in. During the second semester of school, when the two found themselves both single, joe notsosmoothly asked her out to the med school prom, literally over a dead body, while they were studying together in the cadaver. The complete series list for dead world joe mckinney. A readers guide to dead world old majors dream joe mckinney. Browse joe mckinneys bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Growing up, i used to write the occasional spooky tale, drafting. Its really too bad, because dead city is a cut above the average walking dead tale. Dead city by joe mckinney is an action packed zombie novel and a strong first novel. Joe mckinney is the author of numerous horror, crime, and science fiction novels, including quarantined, dodging bullets, and the fourpart dead world series.
Dead city has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Joe mckinney in the wake of five cataclysmic hurricanes, a deadly virus breaks out in texas, returning the dead to. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dead city. The nightmare begins within hours, the plague has spread all over texas. Jan 01, 2006 dead city by joe mckinney is an action packed zombie novel and a strong first novel. Damn, the guy knows how to slam a visual into your head. Joe mckinney knows how to toy with readers emotions, masterfully capturing the essence of humanity in the face of unspeakable horror. Apr 17, 2018 this is my first time reading anything by joe mckinney.
Dead city by joe mckinney 2006, paperback for sale. Author joe mckinneys complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Dead city audiobook dead world by joe mckinney youtube. The red empire and other stories dating in dead world. Joe was not single when they started med school, so they helped each other navigate the demands of their program as close friends. Dead city is the first novel in the dead world franchise. But besides the geography i wanted to read dead city because i heard it was a bad ass zombie novel. Buy the mass market paperback book dead city by joe mckinney at indigo. Given such a frantic start, i had expected matters to slow somewhat thereafter. Thousands are dead or dyingbut the worst is only beginning. He also won the award in the year 2012 for best novel for flesh eaters the third novel in the dead world series.