The Wicked & The Dead

By Melissa Marr,

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In near-future New Orleans, draugar, again-walkers, are faster and stronger than most humans, but not venomous until they are a century old. Until then, they shamble and bite. Since not everyone wants to see their relatives end up that way, GeneviĆØve Crowe makes her living beheading the dead.

But now,ā€¦

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Half witch, halfā€¦something elseā€¦Genevieve is a zombie hunter. Sort of. Undead are legal in this near-future alternate New Orleans, but only if they consent to be raised. So when a bunch of anti-draugr businessmen starts rising from their graves Genevieve is hired by both the Queen of the Undead and the wealthy son of one of the victims. Thing is, Genevieve isnā€™t entirely human, and her magic isnā€™t quite working properly. Fruit makes her drunk, and alcohol gives her energy. Thereā€™s only one person who can helpā€”without getting caught in the crossfire and ending up dead himselfā€”the local bar owner,ā€¦

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