Warm Bodies: A Novel

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Gruesome yet poetic…highly original. The Seattle Times Dark and funny. Wired A mesmerizing evolution of a classic contemporary myth. Simon Pegg A strange and unexpected treat…elegantly written, touching, and fun. Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler s Wife Has there been a more sympathetic monster since Frankenstein s? Financial Times In Warm Bodies Isaac Marion s New York Times bestselling novel that inspired a major film, a zombie returns to humanity through an unlikely encounter with love. R is having a no-life crisis he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization. And then he meets a girl. First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn t want to eat this girl although she looks delicious he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can t imagine, and their hopeless world won t change without a fight.

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