Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Among the writers focusing on this subgenre of horror is joe mckinney with his dead lands and dead world series. Joe mckinney they back a truck full of money up to your front door and you never have to work again. 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. The first few chapters have a nice buildup as the reader experiences the outbreak through the eyes of a san antonio police officer. Dead city book by joe mckinney 5 available editions. Joe mckinney audio books, best sellers, author bio. Join facebook to connect with joe mckinney and others you may know. Click to read more about dead city by joe mckinney.
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. 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. 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. Dead city has been on my tbr pile for quite some time. 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. Mckinney has won two bram stoker awards, one for dog days in the superior achievement in a young adult novel in the year 2014. Joe mckinney is an author in many genres, including horror, ghost stories, virus thrillers, crime and science fiction. Eddie hudson is a san antonio police officer on duty when a zombie invasion hits his city. Joe mckinney has 115 books on goodreads with 63374 ratings. Joe mckinney sucks you in with action but where i think he excels the most is. Which leads me to believe that reading the book is not actually a part of a tagwriters job description.
He also won the award in the year 2012 for best novel for flesh eaters the third novel in the dead world series. Apocalypse of the dead ebook written by joe mckinney. Joe mckinney in the wake of five cataclysmic hurricanes, a deadly virus breaks out in texas, returning the dead to. 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. 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. Growing up, i used to write the occasional spooky tale, drafting. This however, is also my main criticism of dead city. Apocalypse of the dead by joe mckinney nook book ebook. Long recognized as one of the driving voices that launched the worlds fascination with t. Joe mckinney is the author of numerous horror, crime, and science fiction novels, including quarantined, dodging bullets, and the fourpart dead world series. Now that enough time has past, survivors of the zombie catastrophe are writing memoirs of their experience. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
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. 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. Thousands are dead or dyingbut the worst is only beginning. 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. Within hours, the plague has spread all over texas. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dead city. Dead city by joe mckinney 2006, paperback for sale online. 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. The nightmare begins within hours, the plague has spread all over texas. During the course of a hellish night, eddie fights off hordes of the undead while making his way back to his wife and kid. Brian keenes the rising and joe mckinneys dead city. A tie between dead city by joe mckinney and the remaining by d. 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. See all books authored by joe mckinney, including dead city, and apocalypse of the dead, and more on.
Dead city is the first novel in the dead world series and was in the year. Dead city ebook by joe mckinney 9780786025978 rakuten kobo. See the complete dead world series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. 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. The dead world book series by joe mckinney includes books dead city, apocalypse of the dead, flesh eaters, and several more. Rathfarnhamborn mckinney trained and worked as a hairdresser for four years, before joining fringe theatre. But besides the geography i wanted to read dead city because i heard it was a bad ass zombie novel. 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. The red empire and other stories dating in dead world. Dead city by joe mckinney 2006, paperback for sale. 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. Dead city by joe mckinney is an action packed zombie novel and a strong first novel. Dead city has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Dead city by joe mckinney overdrive rakuten overdrive.
In the savage dead 20, mckinney addressed the border relations between the. 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. Its full of action and suspense, but its tempered with adept character building and introspective musing. For me, the thrill has always been in storytelling. 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. Dead city has all the action you could want out of a zombie book and the main character is pretty well fleshed out. 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. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Buy the mass market paperback book dead city by joe mckinney at indigo. His books include the fourpart dead world series, quarantined, in. He published his first novel, dead city, in 2006, a book that has since been recognized as. Joe mckinney born september 22, 1968 is a san antonio based author and patrol supervisor. Its written by a san antonio police officer joe mckinney and san antonio is a stones throw away from where i live austin.
The complete series list for dead world joe mckinney. Joe mckinney knows how to toy with readers emotions, masterfully capturing the essence of humanity in the face of unspeakable horror. Dead city audiobook dead world by joe mckinney youtube. Read apocalypse of the dead by joe mckinney online and the dead shall rise. 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. Joe mckinney books list of books by author joe mckinney. I first heard about dead city first published in 2006 around 2008 and was really eager to read it. Jan 01, 2006 dead city by joe mckinney is an action packed zombie novel and a strong first novel. Naturally, mckinney s protagonist is a police officer. Joe mckinney is the author of dead city and a coauthor of the sound of horror. This is my first time reading anything by joe mckinney.
I was doing this gig for free long before people started buying my books. Joe mckinney is the author of the novels dead city and quarantined, and more than thirty short stories and novellas. Joseph anthony joe mckinney born 12 may 1967 is an irish stage, film and television actor and voiceover artist. San antonio police officer eddie hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read apocalypse of the dead. Mar 29, 2017 this feature is not available right now. 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. Given such a frantic start, i had expected matters to slow somewhat thereafter. Its really too bad, because dead city is a cut above the average walking dead tale. Browse joe mckinneys bestselling audiobooks and newest titles.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. There are some expository characters within dead city that aid in adding death to proceedings without slowing down the pace set by the author. There seems to be a degree of negativity about dead city, largely aimed at having a lack of empathy for the main character. Joe mckinney is a san antonio based author of several horror, crime and science fiction novels. 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.
After the gulf coast is battered by three tremendous hurricanes, a deadl. Author joe mckinneys complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Read dead city by joe mckinney available from rakuten kobo. My hesitation has stemmed from the gluttony of zombie stories that have flooded the market in the past decade. Dead city, book by joe mckinney mass market paperback. He has a masters degree in english literature and has worked as a homicide detective an. It contains everything you want from a story like this. Damn, the guy knows how to slam a visual into your head. Dead city, which takes place in san antonio and is the story of one of a local cop, is just such a book. Joe was not single when they started med school, so they helped each other navigate the demands of their program as close friends.