[Deserted with the Dead 02] • Deserted With the Dead (Book 2) · Fortress

After arriving back in the UK, the survivors of the Arctic horror discover the rise of the dead is indeed apocalyptic - the undead have driven the living to flee and hide and fight for survival. As David and the others travel the open road, they find a place of refuge - a luxurious shopping mall named the Fountain Plaza. But on arrival a misunderstanding leads to a shooting - leading to the group being taken prisoner by the man who runs the plaza and protects the community who live there - Rick 'Mall King' Lester, who greatly mistrusts David and the others, and makes it clear he will not tolerate his people being endangered. But Rick, who cut off his own hand after a zombie bite and now wears a metal prosthetic to replace it, decides to give David's group a chance after an undead attack and a great sacrifice on a personal level - leading Rick, keen to have his people embrace the newcomers, send David and others off to fulfill a challenge to prove his loyalty once and for all. But while Rick is absent and David out to meet the challenge, the mall is attacked and on returning, Rick is devastated to find his people have been slaughtered horrifically. But while this carnage is the work of the undead, it seems there is another evil at work too - the living are about to encounter a new enemy on their journey, proving not all of the living are on the same side, some are just as evil as the flesh hungry corpses that now stalk the land...

This is the second book in the best selling series Deserted with the Dead, an apocalyptic zombie horror saga written by Aline Riva (The Body in the Wall, AU197) and Nathan Ward (The Foliage Series) and is a fusion of horror and scifi and adventure, created by the minds of two writers who have brought together their own brands of horror and science fiction to create an adventure series that will grip the reader from the first to the last page.