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Get ready for Dust with a free copy!

By Patrick Luce Aug 25, 2010, 14:57 GMT

What happens between death and life can change a girl. Jessie is a zombie. And this is her story... Nine years ago, Jessie was in a car crash and died. After she was buried, she awoke and tore through the earth to arise, reborn, as a zombie. Now Jessie\'s part of a gang. They fight, hunt, and dance together as one-something humans can never understand. There are darkplaces humans have ...more

Joan Frances Turner’s Dust arrives on September 7th from Ace Books and M&C’s giving away three copies!

Dust is a story of the undead from their own point of view, as they battle time, decay, the loved ones they left behind, encroaching humanity and each other.

Synopsis: Nine years ago, Jessie had a family. Now, she has a gang. Nine years ago, Jessie was a vegetarian. Now, she eats very fresh meat. Nine years ago, Jessie was in a car crash and died. Nine years ago, Jessie was human. Now, she’s not.

After she was buried, Jessie awoke and tore through the earth to arise, reborn, as a zombie. Jessie’s gang is the Fly-by-Nights. She loves the ancient, skeletal Florian and his memories of time gone by.

She’s in love with Joe, a maggot-infested corpse. They fight, hunt, dance together as one - something humans can never understand. There are dark places humans have learned to avoid, lest they run into the zombie gangs.

But now, Jessie and the Fly-by-Nights have seen new creatures in the woods - things not human and not zombie. A strange new illness has flamed up out of nowhere, causing the undeads to become more alive and the living to exist on the brink of death.

As bits and pieces of the truth fall around Jessie, like the flesh off her bones, she’ll have to choose between looking away or staring down the madness - and hanging onto everything she has come to know as life.

Visit the book’s official website for more information on Dust and Joan Frances Turner!

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CLICK HERE to enter to win a copy of Joan Frances Turner’s Dust!