Habel, Lia

"It's 2196, and the city of New London is now markedly changed. Political and social tensions are building around the advent of the "civilized" undead, and there's violence in the streets. When that violence hits close to home, Nora Dearly and Bram Griswold are once again forced to take control of their own destinies. As old friends become foes and chaos reigns all around them, Nora and Bram must find strength in each other--no matter the cost"--.

Nora Dearly, a young woman in New Victoria, a high-tech society based on an ancient age, escapes her aunt's plans to marry her off for money when she is nearly kidnapped by a horde of walking corpses, and ends up battling them and the Laz, the fatal virus that raises the dead, while falling in love with Bram Griswold, a young soldier in a special undead unit that has availed itself of modern science in 2195 to hold onto his mind, manners, and body parts.

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoriaa high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country?s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horribleuntil she?s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.