WALKING DEAD In this explosive new thriller, Greg Rucka, the acclaimed author of Shooting at Midnight and Patriot Acts, sets bodyguard-turned-international-fugitive Atticus Kodiak on a one-man crusade where being willing to die for your ideals isn’t enough. You have to be willing to do much worse.… I will take your place in times of danger. As an ex-bodyguard, Atticus Kodiak knew the sentiment well. He’d once based his career on it. Now it could cost him more than just his livelihood—more than even his life. For as he wakes to the sound of gunfire, the nightmare is about to begin again. Atticus knew very well that people came to a place like Kobuleti to hide. After all, that’s why he and Alena Cizkova had come to the secluded Georgian town in the former U.S.S.R. But Atticus never asked his friend and neighbor Bakhar Lagidze why he was in Kobuleti or what he might be hiding from. Now it’s too late. Bakhar and his family have been brutally murdered, and the thuggish local police chief has declared it a murder-suicide. Everyone—even Alena—seems satisfied to leave it at that. Except for Atticus. He knows what the police won’t acknowledge: that one person survived the bloodbath in the Lagidze household—their fourteen-year-old daughter. And the nightmare she’s about to experience will make her wish she’d died with the rest. * Nominated for a 2010 Barry Award for Best Thriller * * Nominated for a Crimespree Award for Best in an On-going Series for 2009 * (Book 7 in the Atticus Kodiak series) Rights Information Publisher: Bantam, Hardcover (April 28, 2009) Bantam, Paperback (September 28, 2010) BBC Audiobooks, Unabridged Audio CD (May 1, 2009) Territory: North American Rights Available: Translation via Baror International; Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co. Reviews: "In his seventh outing (Patriot Acts, 2007, etc.), Atticus Kodiak goes after sexual predators and kills them deliciously…in a climactic, satisfactorily bloody confrontation. Only Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thins the bottom-feeder population with as much brio as Atticus." – Kirkus starred review "The evolution of Atticus Kodiak continues. Like Jack Bauer in the hit TV series 24, Atticus has almost completed the transition from protector to vigilante. As we watch him edge ever closer to the moral line that divides heroes from villains, we worry that his inner turmoil will tear him apart. And that may be the clearest sign that Rucka has created a classic character: we are emotionally invested in Atticus and his fate. A fine installment in a terrific series." – David Pitt, Booklist "adrenaline-filled…Series fans who have come to expect a nonstop thrill ride with a topical angle won't be disappointed." – Publishers Weekly "Rucka combines gripping action with some chilly reality in this gritty new thriller. [Atticus Kodiak] is appealing because of the unexpected facets of his persona." – RTBookReviews.com "a total page-turner from the get-go. The story is a globetrotting adventure that takes [Atticus Kodiak] from his home to Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam and Las Vegas, all while acting like a focused machine who is only after one thing: the missing girl. No matter who has her, someone is severely going to pay. WALKING DEAD is a thriller that is such a fast read, you wish it would not end, even after 300 pages. How many writers are capable of that type of storytelling?" – Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm "Walking Dead is a nonstop thrill ride through a dark world of violence and exploitation. Like Jason Bourne and other great action heroes, [Atticus] Kodiak is grimly unstoppable. Failure isn't an option; nothing short of death is going to stop him" - Katie Schneider, The Oregonian "There are five novels in Rucka's Atticus Kodiak series. Having read them all, I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that "Walking Dead" is the absolute best one. All are good. "Walking Dead" is beyond excellent... tight and action-filled." - Myles Knapp, The Seattle Times Blurbs: Purchase at Amazon.com

WALKING DEAD

In this explosive new thriller, Greg Rucka, the acclaimed author of Shooting at Midnight and Patriot Acts, sets bodyguard-turned-international-fugitive Atticus Kodiak on a one-man crusade where being willing to die for your ideals isn’t enough. You have to be willing to do much worse.…

I will take your place in times of danger.

As an ex-bodyguard, Atticus Kodiak knew the sentiment well. He’d once based his career on it. Now it could cost him more than just his livelihood—more than even his life. For as he wakes to the sound of gunfire, the nightmare is about to begin again.

Atticus knew very well that people came to a place like Kobuleti to hide. After all, that’s why he and Alena Cizkova had come to the secluded Georgian town in the former U.S.S.R. But Atticus never asked his friend and neighbor Bakhar Lagidze why he was in Kobuleti or what he might be hiding from. Now it’s too late. Bakhar and his family have been brutally murdered, and the thuggish local police chief has declared it a murder-suicide. Everyone—even Alena—seems satisfied to leave it at that.

Except for Atticus.

He knows what the police won’t acknowledge: that one person survived the bloodbath in the Lagidze household—their fourteen-year-old daughter. And the nightmare she’s about to experience will make her wish she’d died with the rest.

* Nominated for a 2010 Barry Award for Best Thriller *
* Nominated for a Crimespree Award for Best in an On-going Series for 2009 *

(Book 7 in the Atticus Kodiak series)

Rights Information

Publisher: Bantam, Hardcover (April 28, 2009)
Bantam, Paperback (September 28, 2010)
BBC Audiobooks, Unabridged Audio CD (May 1, 2009)

Territory: North American

Rights Available: Translation via Baror International; Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co.

Reviews:
"In his seventh outing (Patriot Acts, 2007, etc.), Atticus Kodiak goes after sexual predators and kills them deliciously…in a climactic, satisfactorily bloody confrontation. Only Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thins the bottom-feeder population with as much brio as Atticus." – Kirkus *starred review*

"The evolution of Atticus Kodiak continues. Like Jack Bauer in the hit TV series 24, Atticus has almost completed the transition from protector to vigilante. As we watch him edge ever closer to the moral line that divides heroes from villains, we worry that his inner turmoil will tear him apart. And that may be the clearest sign that Rucka has created a classic character: we are emotionally invested in Atticus and his fate. A fine installment in a terrific series." – David Pitt, Booklist

"adrenaline-filled…Series fans who have come to expect a nonstop thrill ride with a topical angle won't be disappointed." – Publishers Weekly

"Rucka combines gripping action with some chilly reality in this gritty new thriller. [Atticus Kodiak] is appealing because of the unexpected facets of his persona." – RTBookReviews.com

"a total page-turner from the get-go. The story is a globetrotting adventure that takes [Atticus Kodiak] from his home to Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam and Las Vegas, all while acting like a focused machine who is only after one thing: the missing girl. No matter who has her, someone is severely going to pay. WALKING DEAD is a thriller that is such a fast read, you wish it would not end, even after 300 pages. How many writers are capable of that type of storytelling?" – Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm

"Walking Dead is a nonstop thrill ride through a dark world of violence and exploitation. Like Jason Bourne and other great action heroes, [Atticus] Kodiak is grimly unstoppable. Failure isn't an option; nothing short of death is going to stop him" - Katie Schneider, The Oregonian

"There are five novels in Rucka's Atticus Kodiak series. Having read them all, I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that "Walking Dead" is the absolute best one. All are good. "Walking Dead" is beyond excellent... tight and action-filled." - Myles Knapp, The Seattle Times

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Purchase at Amazon.com