King of the Dead (Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle) (36 page)

Five minutes later I was headed west, chasing the darkness ahead of the rising sun with only the ghosts of New Orleans as my witnesses and the Preacher’s frenzied laughter echoing in my ears.

TOR BOOKS BY JOSEPH NASSISE

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King of the Dead

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joseph Nassise is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the internationally bestselling Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle, and the Great Undead War series. He has also written several books in the popular Rogue Angel action-adventure series.

His work has been short-listed for both Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild Awards and has been translated into a half dozen languages to date. He has written for both comics and role-playing games and also served two terms as president of the Horror Writers Association, the world’s largest organization of professional horror and dark fantasy writers.

For more information about Joe’s work, visit him on the Web at
www.josephnassise.com
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

KING OF THE DEAD

Copyright © 2012 by Joseph Nassise

All rights reserved.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Nassise, Joseph.

King of the dead / Joseph Nassise. — 1st ed.

    p. cm. — (The Jeremiah Hunt chronicle; bk. 2)

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN 978-0-7653-2719-2 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4299-4683-4 (e-book)

I.  Title.

  PS3614.A785K56 2012

  813'.6—dc23

2012024535

e-ISBN 9781429946834

First Edition: November 2012