My friend and fellow LOTTD member, Kim Paffenroth, is about to release his latest contribution to zombie apocalyptic literature in pop culture through the book, Valley of the Dead. The synopsis is as follows:
“For seventeen years of his life, the whereabouts of the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri is unknown to modern scholars. All we know is that during this time he travelled as an exile across Europe while working on his epic poem, The Divine Comedy. In this masterpiece he describes a journey through the three realms of the afterlife. The volume describing hell, Inferno, is the most famous of the three.
“Valley of the Dead is the real story behind Inferno. In his wanderings, Dante stumbles on a zombie infestation, and the things he sees there – people being devoured, burned alive, boiled in pitch, torn apart by dogs, eviscerated, impaled, crucified, etc. – become the basis of all the horrors he describes in Inferno. Afraid to be labeled a madman, Dante made the terrors he witnessed into a more ‘believable’ account of an otherworldly adventure with demons and monsters, but now the real story can finally be told.”
In addition to the intriguing story line combining Dante and zombies, the book will include cover and interior art by Alex McVey. Valley of the Dead is published by Cargo Cult Press, and is coming out as a signed, numbered, limited edition. The book will only be on sale from June 1 through August 31.
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