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Handling the Undead:
The death of someone you love. You can’t imagine anything worse.
Unless they come back.
John Ajvide Lindqvist reinvented the vampire genre with his critically acclaimed Let the Right One In. Now he’s taken on zombies, and readers everywhere will find themselves utterly consumed by Handling the Undead.
Something peculiar is happening. While the city is enduring a heat wave, people are finding that their electric appliances won’t stay switched off. And everyone has a blinding headache. Then the terrible news breaks – in the city morgue, the newly dead are waking....
David always knew his wife was far too good for him. But he never knew how lost he’d be without her until the night she died. Now she’s gone and he’s alone. But when he goes to identify her body, she opens her eye....
Across the city, grieving families find themselves able to see their loved ones one last time. But are these creatures really them? How long can this last? And what deadly price will they have to pay for the chance to see their spouses and children one last time?
Let the Old Dreams Die:
John Ajvide Lindqvist has been named the heir apparent to Stephen King by fans and critics alike. Now, in Let the Old Dreams Die, Lindqvist delivers his best book to date, a collection of short stories, including sequels to Let the Right One In and Handling the Undead, that will shock and delight his many fans.
Because of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. Now at last, in “Let the Old Dreams Die,” the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair.
“Let the Old Dreams Die” is not the only stunner in this collection. In "Final Processing," Lindqvist also reveals the next chapter in the lives of the characters he created in Handling the Undead. In fact, every single story in this collection meets the very high standard that Lindqvist fans have come to expect.
Totally transcending genre writing, these are world-class stories from possibly the most impressive horror writer writing today.