Member Michele.W.Miller

THE THIRTEENTH STEP: ZOMBIE RECOVERY

Eight people escape decimated New York. They have only one thing in common: the alcoholic gene. The same genetic quirk that makes alcoholics and addicts susceptible to booze and drugs gives them a mysterious ability to evade detection by the undead.

But one gene in common isn’t enough to unite them. They’re a motley crew: A Botoxed Upper Eastsider; a drug dealer rescued from lockup; a resentful daughter of addicts; an insecure AA guy; a Japanese ex-dope fiend; an addicted Ivy Leaguer; and a Mexican immigrant. Dodging natural and unnatural disasters, drugged lunatics, and the living dead, they struggle to face their personal demons, accept one another, and find a new life. They think they’ve reached the end of their trek when they encounter a settlement that takes A.A. to fundamentalist extremes. They have to make a choice…one they may not survive.

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2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist.
“Michele Miller has had more lives than a cat, and they’ve made her a writer of passion and substance.”
- Lawrence Block, Edgar Award winner
& New York Times bestselling author

“The prose was so taut and the premise so original that I kept turning pages…. This book deserves lots of accolades. Read it!!”
- Ashley Prentice Norton,
author of The Chocolate Money

“It is very well-written and well-paced. The writing flows naturally and is not self-conscious. The dialogue is believable…. This is an engaging and entertaining read. Very well done.”
– Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Expert Review.

The zombie apocalypse is not the story; it's the setting. This thought-provoking commentary on 12-Step culture -- our pitfalls, majesty and volatility -- is the treasure inside this story.... This book ranks as a strong buy from this analyst."
- Rebelliondogspublishing.com

A former urban desperado, Michele Miller has settled into a "happy, joyous and free" life over the last 20 years. Married to a New York City high school chemistry teacher, mom to ten-year- old twins, and black belt in the Jaribu System of Karate, she practices law and lives in Manhattan.