Ex-Heroes
"Combining pop culture, superheroes and zombies... One of the best genre blenders I have ever read." – James Melzer, author of Escape
I'm pretty sure you already know who I am. As for everyone else... I don't think there are enough people left to make a secret identity worth the effort.
Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes. Vigilantes. Crusaders for justice, using their superhuman abilites to make Los Angeles a better place.
Then the plague of living death spread around the globe. Despite the best efforts of the superheroes, the police, and the military, the hungry corpses rose up and overwhelmed the country. The population was decimated, heroes fell, and the city of angels was left a desolate zombie wasteland like so many others.
Now, a year later, the Mighty Dragon and his companions must overcome their differences and recover from their own scars to protect the thousands of survivors sheltered in their film studio-turned-fortress, the Mount. The heroes lead teams out to scavenge supplies, keep the peace within the walls of their home, and try to be the symbols the survivors so desperately need.
For while the ex-humans walk the streets night and day, they are not the only threat left in the world, and the people of the Mount are not the only survivors left in Los Angeles. Across the city, another group has grown and gained power.
And they are not heroes.
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Peter Clines
Peter Clines grew up in the Stephen King fallout zone of Maine and started writing science fiction and fantasy stories at the age of eight. He is the author of Ex-Heroes, Ex-Patriots, and the genre-classics blender The Eerie Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, along with numerous pieces of short fiction and countless articles on the film and television industry. He currently lives and writes somewhere in southern California.
Ex-Heroes
In the days after civilization fell to the zombie hordes, a small team of heroes built a stronghold against the undead and brought the last humans they could gather within its walls. Now every day is a desperate battle against overwhelming odds, as the heroes fight to keep the undead at bay and lay down their lives for the humans they've sworn to protect.
Ex-Heroes consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
