{"product_id":"beyond-the-barriers-prequel-to-the-z-risen-series-9798830558969","title":"Beyond the Barriers: Prequel to the Z-RISEN series","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Timothy W. Long\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe day the world ended, Erik Tragger escaped to the mountains and survived on his wits through a grueling winter. After being cut off from civilization for months, he returns to find ruined cities now ruled by the living dead. Tragger encounters a group of survivors with a plan: make it to Portland where humanity is carving out a stronghold. But along the way, they will face opposition at every turn - the dead, rogue military forces, looters - and a new enemy more dangerous than any they have yet encountered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the stumbling, mindless zombies are ghouls. The ghouls are living dead creatures that not only strategize and plan, but control their shambling brothers. Using their powers, they are building a living dead army to eliminate the last of the living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the author's preferred edition and includes the novella BEYOND THE BARRIERS: GHOULS, which ties directly into the Z-RISEN series of book.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Timothy W. Long\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading Timothy W. Long is \u003cb\u003elike being in a knife fight that doesn't end until the last page.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003ci\u003e--Nicholas Sansbury Smith, NYT best selling author\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Timothy W. Long\u003cb\u003e injects a stark degree of realism into everything he writes.\u003c\/b\u003e His horror is more horrific, his heroics more heroic, I love reading his stuff.\" \u003ci\u003e--Peter Clines, NYT best selling author\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eLong writes with graphic glee\u003c\/b\u003e\" --Tacoma News Tribune","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45569448738967,"sku":"9798830558969","price":1498.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798830558969.webp?v=1767936258","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-barriers-prequel-to-the-z-risen-series-9798830558969","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}