George A. Romero invented the modern zombie in his seminal film, Night of the Living Dead. When he died in 2017, Romero's giant, contemporary zombie novel was unfinished. Completed by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water) The Living Dead is an entirely new tale. Not a novelization of any of the films, it is the story of the zombie plague, from the first rising to the fall of humankind ...and beyond. A pair of medical examiners find themselves battling a dead man who won't stay dead.