Final Release Date, Cover Art Revealed for George A. Romero's Unfinished Novel, The Living Dead

George A. Romero’s previously-unfinished novel, The Living Dead, will be released next summer on June 9th, 2020. When the iconic horror filmmaker passed away in 2017, he was still working on the book, which was an all-new zombie story from the mind of the man who brought the undead to life on the big screen. Following Romero's passing, publisher Tor Books enlisted bestselling author Daniel Kraus to complete the writing of the novel, which was then wrapped up earlier this year.

Today’s update brought us the aforementioned release date of the book as well as the official reveal of the cover art. For the latter, have a look below.

In addition, the first excerpt from The Living Dead, which follows several characters across three different time periods as a zombie plague breaks out and consumes the world, was revealed earlier today by EW, so definitely check that out if you’re interested. Otherwise, read on for the full official synopsis.

The completed work comes in at 656 pages and is available for pre-order now on Amazon for $29.99. As mentioned, The Living Dead will be released on June 9th, 2020.

We’ll be sure to keep you posted with all the latest news and updates regarding this novel here on Dead Entertainment, so stay tuned and don’t miss anything!

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