âIn rich, evocative prose, Marion transports his readers back into the postapocalyptic parable he first brought to lifeâor deathâin his brilliant debut Warm Bodies.â âLibrary Journal (starred review)
âRefreshingly unique...I love this novella.â âLitStack
The must-read prequel to the âhighly originalâ (The Seattle Times) New York Times bestseller Warm Bodiesânow a major motion pictureâfrom the author whose genre-defying debut turned the classic horror story on its head.
The end of the world didnât happen overnight.
After years of societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides, humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the worldâs corpses rising up to make more.
Born into this bleak and bloody landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home.
Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brotherâs sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle.
And in the darkness of a forest, a dead man opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter âR,â he must unravel the grim mystery of his existenceâright after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly.
The New Hunger is a crucial link between Warm Bodies and The Burning World, a glimpse into the past that sets the stage for an astonishing future.