About the Book
From award-winning author Daryl Gregory, whom Library Journal called “[a] bright new voice of the twenty-first century,” comes a new breed of zombie novel — a surprisingly funny, vividly frightening,
and ultimately deeply moving story of self-discovery and family love.
In 1968, after the first zombie outbreak, Wanda Mayhall and her three
young daughters discover the body of a teenage mother during a
snowstorm. Wrapped in the woman’s arms is a baby, stone-cold, not
breathing, and without a pulse. But then his eyes open and look up at
Wanda—and he begins to move.
The family hides the child — whom
they name Stony — rather than turn him over to authorities that would
destroy him. Against all scientific reason, the undead boy begins to
grow. For years his adoptive mother and sisters manage to keep his
existence a secret — until one terrifying night when Stony is forced to
run.
Soon Stony learns that he is not the only living dead boy
left in the world. There is an entire undead underground. As Stony gets
radicalized, he also discovers why he’s never been ravenous for human
flesh. But in a world where humans want to cut off his head and burn
him, can Stony embrace his identity, save his people, and protect his
human family? The answer is not so dead certain.
