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Multi-award-winning zombie horror novel

Steve the Zombie

In a city consumed by an undead plague, Detective Steve is infected—but still conscious.

  • Book 1 of the Detective Steve Series
  • Released July 13, 2023
  • U.S. Horror Fiction Bestseller 2024

Where to buy

Audiobook

Meet Steve

The detective behind the case

Before the city fell silent, every case began with evidence, instinct, and a question that refused to go away.

Steve, seasoned SFPD detective

Steve

Seasoned SFPD Detective

A seasoned investigator with years of difficult cases behind him, Steve is observant, persistent, and accustomed to following details others overlook. He trusts evidence, experience, and instinct—and he does not walk away while a question remains unanswered.

The story

The apocalypse from inside the horde

As Steve’s memories slowly return, he must piece together the mystery of the outbreak from a perspective no living detective could possess. Hunted by survivors and pulled deeper into the instincts of the infected, he races to uncover the truth before the last part of him that still thinks like a man disappears.

Steve the Zombie turns the familiar zombie apocalypse inside out by making one of the infected its narrator, investigator, and unwilling witness.

Recognition

Awards

  • Readers’ Favorite Gold Award 2024 — YA Horror
  • Literary Titan Gold Award 2023
  • Firebird Awards 2023 — 1st Horror, 1st Dystopian, 2nd Book Cover Design

“Author Stephen Wayne puts a unique twist on the post-apocalyptic horror genre by telling a gripping tale through the perspective of one of the infected.”

Pikasho Deka · Readers’ Favorite

“Steve the Zombie broke the mold of the zombie horror genre by creating a unique spin on the traditional character perspective.”

Leigh Kimberly Zoby · Reader Views

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