Description- When the zombie apocalypse hits the quiet Asheville, NC subdivision of Whispering Pines, the residents don't turn to the police or the military. Nope. They rely on their iron-fisted Home Owners Association! Which Jace Stanford and his family aren’t too keen on. Undead hordes are hard enough to deal with in a post-apocalyptic hellscape, who needs HOA fines too?
Filled with blood, gore, plenty of bad jokes, cannibals, dreaded HOA covenants, and a whole lot of snark, Z-Burbia is guaranteed to thrill and entertain!
Welcome to life in Z-Burbia!
Reviews-
“The first novel in Jake Bible’s series Z-Burbia hooked me. What appeared to be a jokey take on zombie fiction quickly develops some great characters and story.” -BoingBoing.net
“For those still not convinced about the zombie genre, Z-Burbia is worth a read if only for its female characters: Jake Bible doesn’t have time for vapid whimpering damsels in distress. Oh no. Bible’s characters are thinking, acting, feisty sorts.” -Lee Murray, Bram Stoker Award-winning novelist
Z-Burbia 2: Parkway To Hell:
Description-
With Whispering Pines refusing to give up and die, Jace “Long Pork” Stanford has nothing better to do than find out who the heavily-armed newcomers in town are. Well, while he’s not busy dealing with the ever present Z hordes. Or running for his life from paramilitary mercenaries. Or possibly blowing up more of the zombie-infested city because he can’t help pressing buttons. Buttons are meant to be pressed, even in the apocalypse, right?
Looks like it’s just another day in Z-Burbia!
Z-Burbia 3: Estate of the Dead:
Description- Jace Stanford has lost family, friends, and his arm to the zombie apocalypse that hit his subdivision of Whispering Pines. But he’s also gained something he never in a million years would have thought would be a plus: the cannibal savant known as Elsbeth.
Now Jace needs Elsbeth’s help more than ever. But is she up to the task when her past is revealed? A past that is possibly more shocking than the zombie apocalypse itself? Jace is gonna find out the hard way.
And, as everyone knows, in Z-Burbia the hard way usually means a whole lot of people are going to die!
Welcome back to Z-Burbia, y’all!
Z-Burbia 4: Cannibal Road:
Description- Forced out of Asheville, Jace Stanford’s family, along with a convoy of suburbanites, misfits, criminals, and soldiers, must battle their way through the I-40 corridor of Eastern Tennessee.
When they are separated from their friends and allies in Knoxville, the Stanfords have to rely on their skills as post-apocalyptic survivors to fight off the Zs, insane Vols fans, homicidal sorority girls, and the most deadly of the post-apocalyptic threats- cannibal gangs!
No longer are the Stanfords trying to survive day by day, but hour by hour and minute by minute, as they flee Z-Burbia and race through the hellscape of Cannibal Road!
Reviews-
“Once again Mr. Bible has cracked me up in the zombie apocalypse! Jace is still funny as hell, I love him. Elsbeth is still bad ass and she is my favorite. Stella and the kids brought out some cans of whoop ass as well!” -Melissa Martin, 5-star Goodreads review
“I'm running out of things to say about how much I love this series. Each book is just as good as the last.” -Jennifer Wheeler, 5-star Goodreads review
Z-Burbia 5: The Bleeding Heartland:
Description- The American Midwest was a bucolic landscape that didn’t quite adjust to the zombie apocalypse. Instead of open arms and welcoming faces, there are now open mouths and ravenous Zs. The blue collar drive to work hard has become a red-mouthed hunger for flesh.
Jace Stanford, his family, and the rag tag bunch of Whispering Pines survivors, private military contractors, laborers, and former (hopefully?) cannibals now must face the vast, exposed space of America’s Heartland in order to get to a possible sanctuary in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Boulder, Colorado.
Just a simple convoy from point A to point B, right? Yeah, right.
Nothing is ever simple in Z-Burbia!
Z-Burbia 6: Rocky Mountain Die:
Description- With the plains to their backs, Jace Stanford and crew are just steps from their destination: the Stronghold of Boulder, CO. All they have to do is battle the mega-powerful, corporate/political/military entity that is the Consortium, survive the brainwashed killing machines that call themselves the Sisters, and deal with a mad scientist hell bent on making life really, really hard for everyone because he’s just a f*ing jerk.
Not a problem! If anyone can get his friends and family through a nightmare like this, it’s Jace Stanford!
What’s that? There’s a horde of zombies that’s close to half a million strong coming for them all?
Okay, everyone’s screwed…
It is Z-Burbia after all!
Other books by Jake Bible:
By Series:
The Apex Trilogy (Dead Mech, The Americans, Metal & Ash)
The Kaiju Winter Series
Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter Series
The Mega/Team Grendel Thrillers
The Flipside Sagas
Max Rage: Intergalactic Badass!
Black Box Inc. Series
Dead Mech/The Apex Trilogy
The Salvage Merc One Series
Fighting Iron Series
Dead Team Alpha Series
The AntiBio Series
Reign of Four
By Genre:
Post-Apocalyptic-
The Z-Burbia Series
Dead Team Alpha Series
Dead Mech/The Apex Trilogy
EverRealm
Fighting Iron Series
The AntiBio Series
The Kaiju Winter Series
Zombies!-
The Z-Burbia Series
Dead Team Alpha Series
Dead Mech/The Apex Trilogy
EverRealm
Science Fiction-
Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter Series
Max Rage: Intergalactic Badass!
The Flipside Sagas
The Salvage Merc One Series
Drop Team Zero
Outpost Hell
Galactic Vice
Agent Prime
Dead Mech/The Apex Trilogy
Fighting Iron Series
Mech Corps
Reign of Four
The AntiBio Series
In Perpetuity
Thriller/Action/Adventure-
Max Rage: Intergalactic Badass!
The Mega/Team Grendel Thrillers
The Flipside Sagas
Blood Cruise
Agent Prime
Galactic Vice
Horror-
The Z-Burbia Series
Blood Cruise
Stone Cold Bastards
Fantasy/Urban Fantasy/Dark Fantasy-
Black Box Inc. Series
Stone Cold Bastards
EverRealm
YA/MG Novels-
ScareScapes! (middle grade scifi adventure
Intentional Haunting (2014 Bram Stoker Award Finalist- YA horror)
Little Dead Man (YA zombie apocalypse)
By Series:
The Apex Trilogy (Dead Mech, The Americans, Metal & Ash)
Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter Series
The Mega/Team Grendel Thrillers
The Flipside Sagas
Max Rage: Intergalactic Badass!
Black Box Inc. Series
Dead Mech/The Apex Trilogy
The Salvage Merc One Series
Fighting Iron Series
Dead Team Alpha Series
The AntiBio Series
The Kaiju Winter Series
Reign of Four
Genres- zombie apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, dark humor, satire
Keywords: zombies, post-apocalyptic, walking dead, George Romero, undead, post apocalyptic
Key Phrases: apocalyptic fiction, apocalyptic books, post-apocalypse books, zombie apocalypse satire, post-apocalyptic books, post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic collection, zombie apocalypse survival kit, zombie apocalypse books, George Romero books
A Bram Stoker Award nominated-novelist, short story writer, independent screenwriter, podcaster, and inventor of the Drabble Novel, Jake is the author of over sixty-five published novels including the bestselling Z-Burbia zombie apocalypse series, the bestselling Salvage Merc One military scifi series, the bestselling Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter space crime series, the fan favorite hit Team Grendel/Mega thriller series, and his original post-apocalyptic mech/zombie mash-up, the Apex Trilogy. His other novels include the YA zombie novel, Little Dead Man, the Bram Stoker Award nominated YA horror novel, Intentional Haunting, the middle grade scifi/horror series, ScareScapes, and the historical fiction/space opera mash-up series, Reign of Four, for Permuted Press, as well as Stone Cold Bastards and the Black Box Inc. series for Bell Bridge Books.
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Jake currently lives in Asheville, NC with his wife, two cats, an old dog, and occasionally his college-aged kids. He enjoys the eclectic, outdoorsy attitude of the area and the good ol’ Southern hospitality. But, he really, really wishes the tourists would go away.