| Deadworld, Dennis Dufour, 2007, ISBN 9781425132491 | | | | developed the bioweapon. Trying to break through a |
| Gabe Boudreau, a New York investigator, is called in to | | | | military cordon, the group is arrested, and handed over |
| a crime scene with plenty of blood, but no bodies. He | | | | to a corrupt lieutenant named Delgado. All women are |
| realizes that this will be an unusual case, but he has no | | | | taken to another room to be gang-raped by the |
| idea how unusual it will be. At the same time, he is still | | | | soldiers. Gabe prevents Delgado from doing it to |
| in love with Renee, who rejected his marriage proposal | | | | Luccia, and the group escapes, heading south. |
| and moved to New Orleans. Jake, his friend, tries to | | | | The group is at a New Orleans boat dock, about to |
| set him up with a local lady bartender, but Gabe is not | | | | board a boat for a safe island off the coast (Dr. |
| interested. | | | | Lieberman gave them the coordinates just before he |
| Suddenly, the media is full of reports of people | | | | died). The dock entrance is blocked by a couple of |
| attacking each other like animals. The only way these | | | | school buses. Delgado, who has followed them from |
| zombies can be stopped is with a bullet in the head, | | | | New York, and is obsessed with hurting Gabe as |
| and the sickness (actually an American bioweapon | | | | much as possible, intentionally moves the buses away, |
| that got out of the lab) is spread with a bite. | | | | to make it easier for the zombies to attack. Gabe |
| Gabe decides that he is going to New Orleans, and | | | | finally finds Renee, though not under the circumstances |
| take Renee somewhere safe, no matter what; Jake | | | | for which he had hoped. |
| goes with him. Along the way, they meet Luccia, a | | | | This is more than just a really good zombie novel. It's a |
| Peruvian singer who is attacked by one of them in the | | | | story of love and friendship and obsession. It's a very |
| middle of a concert. Dr. Lieberman is the scientist who | | | | short novel, and it is very much recommended. |