FRAIL PB B FORMAT – JOAN FRANCES TURNER

For fans of contemporary urban fantasy with a twist, Joan Frances Turner brings us Frail, the follow-up to Dust, a poignant story about survival in zombie infested post-apocalyptic America. Being human is a disadvantage in post-apocalyptic America . . . Since a devastating, morphing plague swept through human and zombie populations, almost everyone who survived is an ex these days. Ex-human. Ex-zombie. Both creatures crave flesh, have the strength and speed of predators – and what seems like immortality. Pierced skin and broken bones mend, but their all-consuming hunger never dies . . . Amy is the only purely human survivor from town – a frail. Her mother is gone, but she won t believe that she s dead. Feral dogs stalk her, in reality and in her imagination. Amy thinks she s losing her mind. But when an ex-human named Lisa saves her life, a fragile friendship forms, a bond that will save Amy over and over again when she and Lisa are abducted into a makeshift community run by exes who use humans as their slaves. For a girl who is used to going it alone, trusting anyone isn t easy, but Amy will have to. She has secrets from her past she can t afford to face by herself, and secrets in her future that will cost her just about everything – including her humanity . . . Joan Frances Turner s Frail is a brilliantly evocative tale of the fight for survival in a dangerous post-apocalyptic, zombie-ridden world. Praise for Dust A thoughtful, poignant and frightening book about the undead Laurell K. Hamilton A nail- bitingly good zombie romp . . . a cut above the rest Amber Benson, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer A new and unique take on zombies Ilona Andrews Joan Frances Turner was born in Rhode Island and grew up in the Calumet region of northwest Indiana. A graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, she lives near the Indiana Dunes with her family and a garden full of spring onions and tiger lilies, weather permitting. She is author of Dust, whi