by Ty Drago

Coming April, 2011  Jabberwocky

"On a sunny Wednesday morning in October, a day that would mark the end of one life and the beginning of another, I found out my next door neighbor was the walking dead."

With these words, middle school student Will Ritter introduces us to his life as a fugitive.  Ripped from his family, this son of a murdered Philadelphia police detective finds himself hunted by an invasion of the walking dead.  But these aren't the slow stupid zombies of George Romero movies.  Nor are they the fast, stupid zombies of 28 Days Later and Zombieland.

These Corpses are smart, organized and utterly ruthless.  If they find him, they'll kill him.  If he goes home, they'll kill his family.  Will's only hope is to join up with a rag tag children's army, led by the wise and charismatic Tom Jefferson:

THE UNDERTAKERS.

Hidden away in their secret Philadelphia lair, the Undertakers have set themselves against an enemy that's faster, stronger and far deadlier than they are.  Worse, they're badly outnumbered ... and totally alone.

Yet they fight because, if they don't the world itself may be forfeit.

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THE UNDERTAKERS: RISE OF THE CORPSES is the first book in a new middle grade adventure series, written by Ty Drago, and published by Sourcebooks under their Jabberwocky imprint.

To know more about THE UNDERTAKERS, visit www.jointheundertakers.com.

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