Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone; Flesh & Bone

Rot & Ruin #1-3

by Jonathan Maberry

In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn’t want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human.

This e-boxed set includes Rot & Ruin, Dust & Decay, Flesh & Bone, and the all-new short story “Dead & Gone.”

Genres: Zombies, Young Adult, Horror, Fiction

1212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 11, 2012

About the author

JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of more than 50 novels, 190 short stories, 16 short story collections, 30 graphic novels, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series starring Ian Somerhalder. His 2009-10 run as writer on the Black Panther comic formed a large chunk of the recent blockbuster film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. His bestselling YA zombie series, Rot & Ruin is in development for film at Alcon Entertainment; and John Wick director, Chad Stahelski, is developing Jonathan’s Joe Ledger Thrillers for TV. Jonathan writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include The Pine Deep Trilogy, The Kagen the Damned Trilogy, NecroTek, Ink, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, The Sleepers War (with Weston Ochse), Mars One, and many others. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, Don’t Turn out the Lights: A Tribute to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, Shadows & Verse, and others. His comics include Marvel Zombies Return, The Punisher: Naked Kills, Wolverine: Ghosts, Godzilla vs Cthulhu: Death May Die, Bad Blood and many others. Jonathan has written in many popular licensed worlds, including Hellboy, True Blood, The Wolfman, John Carter of Mars, Sherlock Holmes, C.H.U.D., Diablo IV, Deadlands, World of Warcraft, Planet of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Karl Kolchak, and many others. He the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. He lives in San Diego, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com

Reviews

[James hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing! Tantalizingly good! Could not put it down. One day Benny's father was bitten by one of the crazy's at work, when he came home there was nothing benny's mother or brother could do . He died...................... But you could day death died to..........................................


Well First Night is long past, now any stragglers either live in the great Rot And Ruin, or they don't live at all. When Game World is open can Benny save the people he cares for or will he be left alone in the Great...............Rot................And .............................Ruin


Read the book Rot And Ruin to find out!

[Amie's Book Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

ROT & RUIN as well as DUST & DECAY are both exquisitely developed zombie novels.
These stories are written by one of the best horror writers alive ... Jonathan Maberry.
If you enjoy zombie fiction, you HAVE TO read Jonathan Maberry's books. If you don't, you are seriously missing out.
5 out of 5 Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[Donna Millar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!

I love this. It’s one of the first series I’ve read from Jonathan Mayberry. The characters are intricate and well developed. I know some of them will turn up in later books.

[Mary Moerbe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can hardly believe I've now read this many zombie books, but I sure enjoyed it! :)

[Greyson Cress · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay, let me get this off my chest...

THIS SERIES IS F@#!$ AMAZING (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
I'm currently starting Bits and Pieces the 5th book in the
series and I'm in deep love with the series and I'm scared to finish it
I love the entire book and have done some research on the reality of it
and I love how got dam realistic it is, even the death cult introduced in Flesh & Bone
is a real cult (but id rather call it a religion _(:3」∠)_ ) which is very interesting because it
has to deal with the Greek god Thanatos and how he is the one who "carries" people into the "darkness" AKA death because he is the god of peaceful death （　(≪●≫)　）Д（　(≪●≫)　）but I love the work of Maberry he is the besttttt {0.0} I love his wordplay too
Especially on bits and pieces on how the book is bits and pieces of the story
But this series knows how to play with your emotions AND I HATE AND LOVE IT
Especially how it seems that tom dies but he really doesn't but later he does
LIKE WHATTTT /ಠ0ಠ/ but anyway[=-p; I would recommend this series to anyone I know and I love it <3 :3

[Louisiana36 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read the 1st three books. This series is really good. We see Benny grow up from a whinny little kid to the man he suppose to be. Nix has always been firece fight no none sense. lilla (the lost girl) gets to finally connect to people and actually care for them, but don't be fooled she'll quiet you in a heart beat if your bitten. Tommy Benny's brother was always looking out from he's kid brother and sees him finally become his own person.
I gave it a 4 out of 5 because of the last book i read dead & gone.. The preaching gets alittle annoying at times thru that book "praise to the darknest". That phrase got stuck in my head for the next couple of days LOL..
The series is pretty good but the Ash and Fire ending could've have been more dramatic.. Over all good series thou kept me wanting to finish the book..

[Kaci · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this series. I found the first book, "Rot and Ruin" in my middle schools' book fair. That was three years ago. During those three years, I've collected the rest of the series and have reread all of the books atleast twenty times since. Once I pick up the book, I can't place it back down until I'm finished (Yes, it's that good.) Rot and Ruin is a very eye-opening book and it has honestly changed the way I look at things, it had made me a more open minded person. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. Jonathan Maberry is such a creative writer and I look forward to seeing what he has in store.

[Harvantebell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really good for anyone who enjoy zombies with a dark twist. The main character Benny lives in a village in California after the wold has been over run with zombies most people call the night the zombies call "First Night".
Benny lives in the village with his brother Tom an his friends Chong,Nix,and Morgie.
Benny discover that everything is not as they seem in this world after "First Night".

[Debby Dietrich · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a librarian who was looking for a good zombie series for young adults. Just finished the first book in this series and have started the second. This is a great series for YA, with good writing, strong characterization and, of course, lots of zombie action. I'm enjoying it so much, I'm buying the rest of the books in this series for my library.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Rot and Ruin series. A coming of age story in a post apocalyptic world that is character based and delves into the main characters emotions and realization of how to survive in the world they live in. Outstanding story that continues in Dust and Decay and Flesh and Bone

[Alvaro Quiroz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and fascinating to read, every time i finidhed reading, i was left in suspense

[Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love that all three in the series are together, plus a bonus short story. Love the coming of age story with zombies! Great read, keeps you turning the pages!

[Lauren Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

So damn good!!!

[Gabrielle]

I think it the best zombie book I have every read. It has a good plot for a zombie book.

[Toua Thao · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book.

[LuAnne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first book, an currently reading the second.

[Jeremy Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

one of the best zombie books

[Kaylen · Rating 5 out of 5]

EPIC