A chronicle of survival in a world of the living dead.There is no Heaven or Hell; there is only blood and the dust of flesh. The Corpse Fauna Chronicles A vast, malevolent darkness streams across the cosmos. A plague of the living dead sweeps over the Earth. Those left alive scramble for survival like insects feasting on a corpse. And from dead flesh stare a million unnatural eyes. Will the balance of the world tilt to life-or death? Only a handful of the living will decide. Manipulated by undead powers, they travel rough roads of deprivation and danger, finding themselves snared in a web spun by saints and sinners with control of the reanimated dead. Cornell, one-time bank robber seeking only freedom. Della, nurse escaping the prison of her past. Burke, former military scientist clinging to the last of his sanity. Vale, abandoned, finding her true strength in the world of the dead. These four and a handful of others must discover the truth behind what brings the dead back to life and what they desire from the living. Forget the meek. Will the living or the dead inherit the Earth? Find out in The Corpse Fauna Chronicles. Collected here for the first time in one volume is the complete Corpse Fauna cycle of novellas, short stories, and illustrations, a saga of horror and survival more than twenty-five years in the making. Praise for Corpse Fauna and the work of James Chambers: "James Chambers breathes new life into the zombie genre [...] Weird, heartbreaking, funny, and exciting! Two decaying thumbs up!" -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin "...chillingly evocative writing..."-Publisher's Weekly "James Chambers writes stories that are paced fast enough to friction burn a reader's eyeballs."-Horror Reader.com "...evoke[s] the sense of terror that has kept zombie lore a staple of the horror industry for years... disturbing not only for the gore and gristle therein, but for the psychological implications..."-Vampirella Magazine