E-Readers Get Free First Bite Into Austen Zombie Prequel “Dawn of the Dreadfuls”

By Allie Townsend | @Allie_Townsend | March 12, 2010 | +

Can’t wait for the latest installment of a zombified Jane Austen world? Don’t.

Quirk is offering the first few chapters of it’s upcoming monster mash-up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls free for e-readers.

(More on Techland: Natalie Portman to Star in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Film)

Readers can download the first chapter today for the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Reader or other mobile reading device via Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com or ebookstore.sony.com.The book’s second chapter will become available for free download next week on March 19. The full book will become available on March 23.

Dawn of the Dreadfuls is the prequel to the monster masterpiece Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which follows Elizabeth Bennet and sisters as they fight the perils of love and zombie attacks.

Amazon:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Full Book

Barnes & Noble:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Full Book

Sony:
Chapter One

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