6/20/2023 0 Comments Dread nation book"I knew it needed something else," she says. Ireland, who is a prominent advocate for diversity in publishing, looked to current events to further inspire her story. That train of thought led her to an idea - what about a school for black and Native girls who train in the art of combat to kill the swarms of undead that populate their country? That idea proved to be the beginning of this book. It would’ve been black women fighting in the streets." "Sure, you have well-to-do white women fighting, but it didn't seem realistic. "I wrote many moons ago, after I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," Justina Ireland tells Bustle. The novel isn't out until next year, but Bustle has the exclusive cover reveal below - and it is stunning. with one big twist: the entire country is beset by a plague of zombies that have risen from Civil War battlefields. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland, out April 2018 from Balzer + Bray, is a novel set in post-Reconstruction America. I know what you're thinking, but this novel is not about the current White House administration. A nation divided, politics, and oh yeah - zombies.
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