Jonathan Maberry 
Fire & Ash 

In the gripping conclusion to the action-packed ’;standard bearer’ (Booklist) of zombie series Rot & Ruinthe threat of death is given new life and the battle to end all battles is just beginning.Benny Imura and his friends have found the jet and Sanctuarybut neither is what they expected. Instead of a refuge, Sanctuary is a hospice, and the soldiers who flew the plane seem to be little more than bureaucrats who have given up hope for civilization’s future. With Chong hovering between life and death, clinging to his humanity by a thread, Benny makes a startling discovery: A scientist may have discovered a cure for the zombie plague. Desperate to save Chong, Benny and his friends mount a search and rescue mission. But they’re not the only ones on the hunt. The reapers are after the cure too, and they want to use it turn all the zombies into superfast shock troopsand wipe humanity off the face of the earth.