Deathtroopers Comes Out October 13th

 

I've written about Deathtroopers before, months ago in fact.  It's the first ever Star Wars horror book.  It's about an Imperial prison ship whose hyperdrive fails out in the middle of nowhere.  This ship, desperate for assistance, randomly comes across what looks to be a deserted Star Destroyer that isn't responding to any of their messages.

 

Needing parts to repair their ship, they dock with the ship and discover it's not really an abandoned ship afterall.  The whole crew is still there, they're just not alive anymore.  Oh sure, they're still walking around and stuff, but they've long since stopped breathing.

 

That's right folks, this is a book about zombies.  And not just any zombies mind you, but Imperial zombies.  Stormtroopers, officers, you name it.  Everyone on board that ship is now a walking corpse.  For someone like me, who is a huge fan of both Star Wars and zombies, this book is like a dream come true.  I've been dying to read it ever since it was announced.

 

The above video is a fan made trailer for the book.  It was submitted as part of a contest that Del Ray Books was doing to promote the book.  The other trailers are all kind of low-budget, crappy affairs, but this trailer is solid.  It's dark, it's creepy, and it features a zombie Stormtrooper at the end. 

 

Perfection.

 

The book comes out on October 13th.  It will be available in book stores across the country, or you can pick it up from Amazon by going here.

 

I will buying the book as soon as it's available and will read it and write a review for it as quickly as I can.  But seeing as how I read at a speed similiar to that of a heavily laden sloth on mountainous terrain, it may be a while before you see that.  It will be coming though, hopefully in 2009.  I promise.