He’ll be hanged as a deserter if he goes back, and shot as an enemy if he’s captured. But what he really has to worry about is what prowls the night around the lonesome village he’s trapped in.

Picture this: You're a British officer who's made some questionably brandy-inspired decisions, you've stumbled into a cursed Massachusetts village, and oh yeah - the American Revolution is about to start. (As if the undead weren't enough to deal with...)

When the only person who believes your warnings about supernatural horror is the daughter of a loyalist, and your only potential allies are the very rebels you're supposed to be fighting, you know you're having a really bad day in Colonial America.

At first, he heard nothing more than the lap of the water on the shore and the wind rustling the reeds. For a minute, relief grew as he realized that he'd been wrong. As he turned to go, he froze.


The voices filled the air. Voices of the damned.

— Revolutionary Dead

THE STORY:

Let me tell you about William Pomeroy's spectacularly bad timing. It's April 1775, and this British officer has just made the kind of decision that only seems brilliant after several glasses of brandy: leaving his safe post in Boston for what was supposed to be a quick adventure. Instead, he's stumbled through the forest and into a village that's about to teach him there are worse things than being caught on the wrong side of a revolution.

As shadow-dwelling horrors start picking off his soldiers one by one, William manages to escape - right into the hands of American minutemen. (Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire... except the fire is full of patriots who'd love to shoot you.) Now the only person who believes his wild tale about supernatural terror is the daughter of a loyalist, and they're running out of time to convince everyone else.

Suddenly, William's facing the challenge of his life: leading a band of untrained rebels against an unspeakable evil. Because when the dead start rising in Colonial Massachusetts, it turns out the only thing worse than being a British officer leading American rebels is being the guy who has to explain why redcoats and minutemen need to fight together.

(Warning: This book contains questionable brandy-induced decisions, revolutionary warfare, and the kind of colonial horror that'll make you grateful for modern amenities like electricity. Also, never assume the worst thing that can happen during a revolution is picking the wrong side - sometimes the dead have their own opinions about independence.)

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