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Zombie

Have you heard of these cool classics with a zombie twist? First we had had Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (which is a New York Times Best Seller) and now Steve Hockensmith has written the prequel to Jane Austen’s “zombinated” classic novel.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls is the third Quirk Classic. This book is not based on an original Austen work, but it does stay true to the characters she created and gives Hockensmith an opportunity to fully demonstrate his creative genius.

Description of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls from the Publisher:

With more than one million copies in print, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was the surprise publishing phenomenon of 2009. A best seller on three continents, PPZ has been translated into 21 languages and optioned to become a major motion picture.

Dawn of the Dreadfuls

In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early-nineteenth-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry. Written by acclaimed novelist (and Edgar Award nominee) Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls invites Austen fans to step back into Regency England, Land of the Undead!

Here is Your Chance to Win One of 50 Quirk Classics Prize Packs!

Each Prize Pack, with a retail value of more than $100, will include:

* An advance copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
* Audio Books of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
* A password redeemable online for sample audio chapters of Dawn of the Dreadfuls
* An awesome Dawn of the Dreadfuls Poster
* A Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Journal
* A box set of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Postcards

Enter the Quirk Classics Contest for your chance to win one of these cool prize packages!

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
By Steve Hockensmith
Published by Quirk Books
Available for purchase on March 23, 2010
Paperback, $12.95, 288 pages
ISBN: 978-1-59474-454-9

Steve Hockensmith

Meet the Author

Steve Hockensmith is the author of the Holmes on the Range mystery series for St. Martin’s Minotaur. The books star cowboy brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer, detective wannabees who solve mysteries using the methods of their hero, Sherlock Holmes.

Several of Hockensmith’s short stories have been nominated for awards in the mystery field.

Check out the Dawn of the Dreadfuls Book Page