{"title":"Chris Philbrook","description":"Chris Philbrook is the creator and author of the best-selling literary worlds of A Dragon Among Us, Elmoryn and Adrian's Undead Diary. Chris has a Business degree as well as a Psychology degree, and attended the full program at the school of hard knocks. He has been a printing press operator, bouncer, purchasing agent, bodyguard, customer service representative, mental health counselor, and more. He calls the wonderful state of New Hampshire his home, but loves to travel. He is an avid reader, writer, play role playing game aficionado, miniatures game player, video gamer, and Magic: The Gathering card slinger. He is engaged to his lovely fiance Leah and they share their home with Gilbert the cat, Abby the dog, and they welcomed their first child in April of 2016. Sign up for his email newsletter at http: \/\/www.thechrisphilbrook.com Find the rest of his titles here on Amazon: http: \/\/www.amazon.com\/Chris-Philbrook\/e\/B00FC2H02W\/","products":[{"product_id":"dark-recollections-adrians-undead-diary-book-one-paperback","title":"Dark Recollections: Adrian's Undead Diary Book One - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Second Edition of the post apocalyptic epic. Beheading a zombie isn't easy in a world where you're more afraid of the living than the dead. Adrian Ring's simple life is thrown into chaos when the world is ripped apart by a plague of undead and legions of desperate survivors. Retreating to Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy, Adrian attempts to rescue friends and family on the way while dancing around his impending insanity over who and what he left behind, and evading maniac survivors. He saves his cat Otis, but shoots his mom. Pretty successful, all things considered. Of course, his sanity takes a hit as a result. Real, flawed, and raw, Dark Recollections is the first part of Adrian's own story of how he survived after \"That Day.\" Told through his eyes as he talks to his laptop, affectionately named 'Mr. Journal,\" and through short stories that entwine with his tales that bring forth dark visions of a world being eaten alive by an unimaginable evil. Adrian's Undead Diary is an eight part epic about a solitary, guilt stricken man that didn't think he deserved to live, but realizes very soon that he survived, and suffered for a reason. Dark Recollections is the first book in the AUD series. It covers Adrian's journal entries from September 21st 2010, to December 1st, 2010. Intermingled with his personal diary entries, book one also contains the short stories Phil's Story, McGreevy's Report, and Soccer Mom. The second edition of the book contains slight revisions to the table of contents, a new foreword by the author, and some editorial revisions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51438218871007,"sku":"9781493568710","price":19.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9mtdC3tPwH9781493568710.webp?v=1790093462"},{"product_id":"alone-no-more-adrians-undead-diary-book-two-paperback","title":"Alone No More: Adrian's Undead Diary Book Two - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eRealizing you have a surviving neighbor after the world is overtaken by the undead isn't always a good thing. Unless that neighbor is the grumpy, armed and retired Green Beret Gilbert Donohue. In that case, finding out you've got a neighbor is a lot like hitting the proverbial jackpot. Adrian's piecemeal life on campus since \"That Day\" has been a struggle. Retrieving supplies from local neighborhoods filled with the walking dead has been dangerous for him, but he's stayed alive by being a little smarter than the other survivors, and a lot faster than the roaming, hungry zombies that have overtaken his home town, and the world. In Alone No More, the second installment in the smash hit series Adrian's Undead Diary, Adrian's life is poised to become even more complicated and dangerous when some familiar faces find their way to ALPA with some less than friendly folks on their tail. For the first time the breadth of Adrian's Apocalypse widens to reveal the death of one of the oldest cities of mankind in one of the most popular of all the AUD short stories: Jerusalem. Sometimes in the cold of winter, the only thing that can keep you warm is freshly spilled blood. Alone No More is the second entry in the AUD series, and covers Adrian's journal entries from December 3rd 2010 through December 27th 2010. Intermingled with his personal diary entries Alone No More also contains five short stories. One Mistake: The Last Stand of Hall B, Putting a Name to a Face, Exodus, Jerusalem, and The Chief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67576363778271,"sku":"9781493653126","price":19.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dN9o9zDmOX9781493653126.webp?v=1790380335"},{"product_id":"midnight-adrians-undead-diary-book-three-paperback","title":"Midnight: Adrian's Undead Diary Book Three - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 3rd volume of the #1 rated horror series is here at long last. Tap tap tap went the zombie on the bridge. Things are getting stranger and stranger for Adrian Ring, and far more dangerous. It wasn't enough for the people of Westfield to follow Abby and her family home on Christmas Eve and try to kill them. Now they're back for more. In Midnight, the third installment in the smash hit Adrian's Undead Diary series, the threats to Adrian and his new friends are greater than ever before. Local survivors holed up in an empty factory led by the chief of police are now crossing paths with Adrian and the Williams clan. Meanwhile Sean, the bloodthirsty tyrant from Westfield, seethes for vengeance after Adrian fends off attack after attack to take ALPA and everything he's worked so hard for. If they can't get at Adrian, how long will it be before they go after the ones near him? Who can Adrian trust when everyone is out for themselves? Now, at Midnight the darkest revelation of all comes: why. Why have the dead returned? Why are they killing the living? Why do the living only dream of the dead? What has humanity done to deserve such a fate, and what role does Adrian play in this great game? Midnight is the third entry in the Adrian's Undead Diary series. 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At Auburn Lake, Adrian and his adopted family finally understand that the dreams they have suffered since the end of the world are far more than restless imaginings. When a thousand mindless dead arrive holding books, can it be anything but a message from beyond the grave? Soon they will learn that what the dead say can be far worse than what the dead have done. In The Failed Coward, the fourth installment in the epic Adrian's Undead Diary series, Adrian realizes the scope of humanity's struggle, and just what's at stake. Despite all the dangers posed by the world around him, Adrian pushes out more aggressively, reclaiming more and more territory from the clutches of the treasonous survivors and the walking dead. Adrian's world is also expanded with more short stories. New questions are raised, and new characters introduced. And they will need all the help they can get to stay alive. In the end, everyone may need Adrian's help. I am completely addicted to this series. I can't stress enough how fantastic it is. The characters are so cleverly written and the dynamic between them is exhilarating. The humor, the setting, the side stories, all add up to a big fat win for Chris Philbrook. Keep em coming Chris. Don't make me wait too long to get my next fix or I may go into withdrawals. Adrian's Undead Diary is on the fast track to solidifying it's place in The Bookie Monster's best of 2014 list! If you haven't started this series yet, well, then I don't know how else to convince you...short of bashing you over the head with the books. Give in, go grab your copy, and join me...I'll be drooling in the corner waiting for book five. Aren't ready to make the investment? -The Bookie Monster's 5 star review In this, the Fourth book of the smash zombie hit Adrian's Undead Diary series, readers will find Adrian's journal entries from March 5th, 2011 to April 29th, 2011. Included with his own writing are the short stories Sweetest Amy, Gasoline, The Siege of Mildenhall, and The Golden Palace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67576384225503,"sku":"9781494969400","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EKRRMK1mUh9781494969400.webp?v=1790380387"},{"product_id":"wrath-adrians-undead-diary-book-five-paperback","title":"Wrath: Adrian's Undead Diary Book Five - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWrath will toy with your emotions, and if by now you're invested in the story, it's quite possible you may shed a tear or two as you read this installment. -Shana Festa, The Bookie Monster. Good and evil play their game to determine whether humanity gets a second chance, and their pawns are the living and the dead. ALPA and Westfield have formed a strong alliance that keeps both settlements safe and growing. Adrian has even found time to discover a new love with Mallory. All is well. But when evil plays the game, it plays for keeps. The greatest move of all will use a piece very close to Adrian. When Adrian is betrayed by someone he loves, the whole world may suffer the consequences of his wrath. Book Five of the AUD epic brings a new vision of the apocalypse. In Providence and Dream a Little Dream, good and evil will have their say-- and in A Traitor's Death, Adrian's will to go on might be shattered forever. Featuring a foreword by Kirk Allmond- Author of What Zombies Fear Wrath is book Five in the Adrian's Undead Diary epic and contains Adrian's journal entries from May 1st, 2011 through June 23rd, 2011. It also contains the side fictions Providence, Homecoming, Zombie Scissorfight, Dream a Little Dream, and A Traitor's Death. 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In the Arms of Family also follows Kevin and Michelle as their stories entwine and bring them ever closer to the horrors that surround Adrian across the vast Atlantic Ocean. How long can they survive before the dead finish what they came to do? Book Six of the massive Adrian's Undead Diary post apocalyptic zombie epic is here at last! In the Arms of Family contains Adrian's journal entries from June 23rd, 2011 through August 30th, 2011. 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Kevin and Michelle, his unwitting compatriots in the scheme to save the world, are following signs and portents to make their way to a hero they don't yet know. To meet them, Adrian will have to weather treachery, starvation, violent attacks... and perhaps worst of all, the temptation of an easy way out. The Trinity, the seventh book of Adrian's Undead Diary, splits the world wide open. The inner workings of good and evil, and what happened on 'that day' in Washington D.C, will finally be revealed. The endgame begins. The Trinity contains Adrian's diary entries from September 2nd, 2011 to December 22nd, 2011. 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