John L. Campbell

1 series 4 books in order

John L. Campbell, author of the Omega Days novels, including Omega Days, Ship of the Dead, and Drifters, was born in Chicago and attended college in North Carolina and New York. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, literary magazines, and e-zines, as well as in two of the author’s own collections. He lives with his family in the New York area, where he is at work on his next novel.

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An Omega Days Novel

Series by John L. Campbell

An Omega Days Novel

4 books in order · 2014–2016

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    Omega Days

    2014 · John L. Campbell

    “Readers who enjoyed The Strain Trilogy, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, will find plenty to satisfy them here.”—San Francisco Book Review…

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    Ship of the Dead

    2014 · John L. Campbell

    “Readers who enjoyed The Strain Trilogy, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, will find plenty to satisfy them here.”—San Francisco Book Review on…

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    Drifters

    2015 · John L. Campbell

    The survivors of the Omega Virus make a desperate effort to find the living. But the walking dead aren’t done with them yet… Helicopter pilot…

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    Crossbones

    2016 · John L. Campbell

    Campbell returns to his “impressively convincing vision” (Publishers Weekly) of the apocalypse, as humanity’s last hopes struggle to outlive the end…

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