Dying to Live is zombie

Zombie

Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...

 novel written by Kim Paffenroth

Kim Paffenroth

Kim Paffenroth is a religious scholar, professor, and contemporary American horror author, best known for his Bram Stoker Award-winning book Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth.- Biography :...

 and published in 2006. Paffenroth credits his main influence to be George A. Romero

George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...

 the director of many popular main stream zombie movies such as Dawn of the Dead.

Plot summary

Dying to Live is told in the first person narrative and seen through the eyes of a middle aged survivor named Jonah. Jonah had been traveling alone in the apocalyptic world but soon meets a large group of others. The society of people trying to continue life in the zombie ridden hell of a world are led by an efficient military man called Jack and Milton a mysterious, quizzical prophet who holds a very special power over the dead.