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Deadline

  • 2011 first published
  • 584 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (11 ratings)
  • 2 editions

Seanan McGuire's Deadline (2011) is a horror novel. Key subjects include political corruption, reporters and reporting, conspiracies and zombies.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, and 9 more have it on their want-to-read list.

It runs to roughly 584 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Deadline

When a CDC researcher, after faking her own death, arrives on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun Mason, the head of a news organization, is plunged into the biggest story of his life
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Themes, setting & tropes

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Subjects

  • Political corruption
  • Reporters and reporting
  • Conspiracies
  • Zombies
  • Horror
  • Crime
  • Virus diseases

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Quick answers

Who wrote Deadline?

Deadline was written by Seanan McGuire and first published in 2011.

What genre is Deadline?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Deadline?

The median edition has 584 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Deadline?

Readers who like it often enjoy Mr. Mercedes, Cell and World War Z.

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