Deadlands: Ghostwalkers, Paperback/Jonathan Maberry

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry , the first in a thrilling series of novels based on Deadlands , a hugely successful role-playing game (RPG) set in the Weird, Weird West. Welcome to the Deadlands, where steely-eyed gunfighters rub shoulders with mad scientists and dark, unnatural forces. Where the Great Quake of 1868 has shattered California into a labyrinth of sea-flooded caverns . . . and a mysterious substance called "ghost rock" fuels exotic steampunk inventions as well as plenty of bloodshed and flying bullets. In Ghostwalkers, a gun-for-hire, literally haunted by his bloody past, comes to the struggling town of Paradise Falls, where he becomes embroiled in a deadly conflict between the besieged community and a diabolically brilliant alchemist who is building terrible new weapons of mass destruction . . . and an army of the living dead! Deadlands is one of the most popular RPGs in history, with over a million Deadlands gaming books sold. About author(s): JONATHAN MABERRY is probably best known for his Joe Ledger novels from St. Martin's Press (including Patient Zero ) and his award-winning Rot & Ruin zombie books for young adults. His novelization of The Wolfman, which he did for Tor, was a New York Times bestseller. Maberry's work has been adapted into comics, a board game, and has been optioned for film