The Rising

The Rising (2003) is a zombie apocalypse novel by Brian Keene, following a father's journey across the collapsing United States to rescue his young son. Keene departs from the traditional zombie formula with intelligent, organized undead capable of speech, planning, using weapons, and accessing the memories of the bodies they inhabit. The catastrophe is ultimately traced to a scientific experiment that opened a passage to another dimension, allowing ancient entities known as the Siqqusim to possess the bodies of the dead.

First mass-market edition, published by Leisure Books in January 2004, following the limited Delirium Books first edition of 2003.

Paperback. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. New York: Leisure Books, 2004. 2003 Bram Stoker Award winner. ISBN: 0843952016. #11491.
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