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Zombie Lover (Large Print Edition)
Paperback
Publisher Price: $10.95
ISBN13: 9781067364779
Publisher: Ej & Co. Press
Published: Mar 2 2026
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ernst Jeudy delivers a haunting supernatural romance where love collides with voodoo, obsession, and the perilous boundary between life and death.
The author ventures into the mystical world of Haitian voodoo with ZOMBIE LOVER, a provocative and atmospheric novel that blends supernatural intrigue with intense romantic drama. Set between the polished towers of New York and the rhythmic pulse of Pétion Ville, Haiti, the story challenges readers to confront love in its most forbidden and unsettling form.
At the center of the novel is Kathleen Perry, a brilliant American sociologist whose academic curiosity draws her to Haiti in search of deeper understanding. Immersed in the cultural and spiritual traditions of voodoo, she believes she has found the ultimate subject for her research. What she does not anticipate is that her intellectual pursuit will become deeply personal.
In Pétion Ville, Kathleen meets Eric, her charismatic guide and initiator into a world she barely understands. Their connection is immediate, passionate, and liberating in ways that shatter her carefully constructed life.
Yet Eric carries a secret more profound than Kathleen could ever imagine. Condemned twenty years earlier by a clandestine society for adultery, he exists in a state between life and death. He is a zombie, bound by forces that have enslaved his soul.
For Kathleen, the revelation is seismic. The nights of intoxicating passion and emotional freedom she shares with Eric stand in stark contrast to the cold precision of her marriage to a Wall Street banker in New York. As drums echo through the Haitian night and rituals unfold under watchful eyes, Eric fights desperately to break the chains that bind him. Meanwhile, Kathleen must confront a choice that threatens her identity, her marriage, and perhaps her soul.
ZOMBIE LOVER is more than a tale of supernatural romance. It is a meditation on desire, captivity, power, and the spiritual cost of transgression. Jeudy paints Haiti with vivid intensity, portraying a land where tradition and mystery intertwine, and where the line between myth and reality dissolves. The novel asks a haunting question: is it possible to love the living dead, and what price must be paid for such love ?
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