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Suddenly all those careful preparations disintegrated as predators far more dangerous than the walking dead proved what all wise killers already knew: that nothing was more dangerous than living men.

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Jonathan Maberry
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 18
Author
Science Fiction Writer
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Kensington
Philadelphia
Shane MacDougall
Dead
Predator
Dangerous
Killers
Wise
Proved
Knew
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Suddenly
Nothing
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Men
Walking
Preparations
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