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Just because a bullet has your name on it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t duck…

Either I’m stubborn, or it’s rigor mortis, but being dead didn’t stop me from being a detective or finding my wife’s killer. But it’s tough out there for a zombie, and lately it’s been getting tougher. These days the life-challenged have to register and take monthly tests to prove our emotional stability. See, if my kind gets too low, we go feral. I’ve been feeling a little down lately myself…

So when a severed arm—yeah, just the arm—leaves a mysterious briefcase at my office, my assistant, Misty, thinks figuring out where it came from will keep me on track. But this case goes deeper and darker than I imagined, and my imagination gets pretty dark. Turns out the people after it know more about my past life than I can remember, and even more about what I’ve become.

"Fast-paced zombie-noir with a melancholy bite. A sure antidote for the blandness of traditional zombie fare."

"Petrucha successfully portrays the walking dead as more than mindless, flesh-eating killing machines, thanks to careful details of zombie life, culture and slang."

"Hessius Mann is up there in my top ten list of favorite PIs,zombie or not."

"With plenty of danger, intrigue, and drama, this zombie thriller is pure excitement from beginning to end."

“Fast-paced zombie noir with a melancholy bite, a sure antidote for the blandness of traditional zombie fare.”—David Wellington, author of Monster Island: A Zombie Novel

 

“Petrucha successfully portrays the walking dead as more than mindless, flesh-eating killing machines, thanks to careful details of zombie life, culture, and slang.”—Publishers Weekly

 

“With a zombie noir feel to the tale, readers will enjoy the escapades of Hess, private investigator.”—Alternative Worlds

“My old writing partner has brought the same magic to Dead Mann Walking that he injected into his run on the X-Files comics. A smashing good read.” —Charlie Adlard, artist The Walking Dead

Just because a bullet has your name on it doesn t mean you shouldn t duck
Either I m stubborn, or it s rigor mortis, but being dead didn t stop me from being a detective or finding my wife s killer. But it s tough out there for a zombie, and lately it s been getting tougher. These days the life-challenged have to register and take monthly tests to prove our emotional stability. See, if my kind gets too low, we go feral. I ve been feeling a little down lately myself
So when a severed arm yeah, just the arm leaves a mysterious briefcase at my office, my assistant, Misty, thinks figuring out where it came from will keep me on track. But this case goes deeper and darker than I imagined, and my imagination gets pretty dark. Turns out the people after it know more about my past life than I can remember, and even more about what I ve become."

After Hessius Mann was convicted of his wife's murder, suppressed evidence came to light and the verdict was overturned-too bad he was already executed. But thanks to the miracles of modern science Hessius was brought back to life. Sort of.

Now that he's joined the ranks of Fort Hammer's pulse-challenged population, Hessius attempts to make a "living" as a private investigator. But when a missing persons case leads to a few zombies cut to pieces, Hessius starts thinking that someone's giving him the run-around-and it's not like he's in any condition to make a quick getaway...