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The Eternal Flame Trilogy- Book One.
Originally published in 2018, I will be reworking it, fresh with new edits, and excerpts from earlier drafts. And also, incredible new cover art by the one and only comic book legend, BART SEARS!
First Printing Cover by James Kavanaugh
THE NEW COVER BY BART SEARS!
Stranger Things meets Night of the Living Dead meets Dungeons & Dragons—set to a killer 80’s soundtrack.
“Thom Erb puts a bizarre new spin on the zombie apocalypse that is both scary and entertaining. Lots of nasty fun! Two decaying thumbs up!”
— Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Patient Zero
It’s the 1980s—Pac-Man fever, MTV on every TV, Reagan in the White House, and Michael Jackson turning into a werewolf on national television. Apple introduces the Macintosh while the HIV/AIDS crisis spreads across the globe.
And deep in the shadows, a dormant demonic cult awakens after a thousand years to unleash its apocalyptic design.
A radical terrorist network detonates biochemical bombs around the world, releasing The Sanctity Virus—a plague that kills thousands… and brings them back hungry. Civilization collapses overnight as the undead multiply in unstoppable waves.
Across the ocean in England, the last surviving member of an ancient order known as the Keepers of the Eternal Flame prepares to fulfill his blood-sworn duty: defend humanity from the evils rising out of the Inferno.
Meanwhile in western New York, all seventeen-year-old outcast Warren Brennan wants is to graduate high school, escape his nowhere town, and draw comics for Marvel. But when a strange, yellow-tinted storm rolls across the planet, Warren’s plans die fast—along with millions of people.
Now Warren must lead a ragtag band of survivors:
• Dex, Arnie, and Jack—his loyal, equally nerdy best friends
• Sam—a tough inner-city girl who trusts no one
• Capt. Al—a grizzled Vietnam vet–turned–rock DJ
• Elton—a mysterious Englishman obsessed with prophecy, demons, and something called the Children of the Light
Together, they fight their way through the undead-choked streets of Rochester, New York—while supernatural assassins hunt them with terrifying precision.
Someone wants Warren. Someone needs him.
And the truth behind the Children of the Light may be the only thing standing between humanity and total annihilation.
Can Warren and his unlikely crew survive long enough to learn why they’re being hunted—and what destiny awaits them?