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About Chris Philbrook

Chris Philbrook is the creator and author of the urban fantasy series The Reemergence, the dark fantasy series The Kinless Trilogy, sci-fi Colony Lost, the cosmic horror series The Darkness of Diggory Finch, and the post apocalyptic epic Adrian's Undead Diary. He also writes young adult science fiction under the pen name W.J. Orion.

Chris' first book in print was The Wrath of the Orphans, the initial book of The Kinless Trilogy set in his grim, post-apocalyptic fantasy world of Elmoryn.

Adrian's Undead Diary has thirteen titles available in print, eBook and audio, with two or three more planned.

Tesser: A Dragon Among Us is Chris' first foray into the world of urban/contemporary fantasy. There are five books released in the series.

The Darkness of Diggory Finch is a snarky take on Lovecraftian horror set in quaint, corrupted New England. TDoDF is set for five books, and two are out as of this writing.

Colony Lost has a single full-length release as of right now, plus a sequel eBook called Colony of Lies. Three eBook sequels are planned, which will be collated into a full-length print, audio, and eBook release when completed.

Chris is the owner of Tier One Games LLC, his game development company. He and his creative partner Jason DeBit are working on a 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting titled RockJockeys. He also co-owns Latchkey Comics with artist Jason Casey. He prefers to collaborate artistically with people named Jason.

Chris calls the wonderful state of New Hampshire his home. He is an avid reader, writer, role player, miniatures game player, video game player, painter and procrastinator. He and his wife share their home with two perfect daughters.

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Alone No More (Adrian's Undead Diary Book 2) 9-Jan-2014

by Chris Philbrook

( 475 )

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Realizing 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.

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The Lost & the Found: Adrian's March, Part Six (Adrian's Undead Diary Book 14) 28-Apr-2023

by Chris Philbrook

( 43 )

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The zombie apocalypse wreaks its wrath on Adrian and his friends, as he scrambles to assemble the missing Trinity of saviors.

Adrian Ring and his inner circle of survivors heads south through the German ruins after the Navy frigate he and his friends sailed on is eaten alive inside out by an infestation of the dead. Wracked with grief over the death of his brother, they make their way through the winter snow until they are bogged down, eventually taking up residence in a secluded farm.

But not far away there's a enclave of survivors, and while everything seems fine on the surface... they might have ulterior motives for their alliance. They might want to stop Adrian, or they might want to ferret out the demon hiding in his midst.

Either way, this apocalyptic adventure will see evil unleashed in a way never seen before.

The Lost & the Found contains Adrian's journal entries from January 4th, 2015 through March 2nd, 2015. It also contains the short stories Meow, Bitch, as well as Tactical Septic Tank, The Peacemaker, Vulnerable, and Only Bad Choices.

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The Adrian's Undead Diary Omnibus: Volume 2: Volume Two 1-Sep-2015

by Chris Philbrook

( 246 )

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Collected here are the second installment of four novels in the Adrian's Undead Diary epic.

Book Five: Wrath
Good and evil play their game to determine whether humanity gets a second chance, and their pawns are the living and the dead.

Book Six: In the Arms of Family
Adrian Ring and evil don't get along. When he can't be corrupted, turned, or forced to give up, evil targets those around him, including the family he had thought was dead.

Book Seven: The Trinity
A full year of blood and tears has passed for Adrian Ring. As the dead remain hateful, the living are more desperate than ever: winter approaches and supplies are dwindling. Meanwhile, the conflict with the monsters at the Factory is reaching a boiling point.

Book Eight: Cassie
One last test.

One last quest.

Adrian and the men and women who love him head deep into the city in search of the one thing that may save Adrian's soul, and the entire world.

"Well-rounded and intriguing story arcs, three dimensional characters, and the perfect blend of humor and horror create the exquisite amalgam that is Adrian's Undead Diary. Philbrook earns his place in The Bookie Monster's hall of fame best reads." SHANA FESTA, THE BOOKIE MONSTER & AUTHOR OF TIME OF DEATH

"A realistic account of the zombie apocalypse that sucks you right in. A great series!" T.W. Piperbrook, author of the Contamination series.

"Walking Dead < Adrian's Undead Diary. The End." J.C. Fiske, author of The Renegade Series

Adrian's Undead Diary series is a must have for your zompoc collection. The only time I only put it down was when the battery on my Kindle died. Adrian is the kind of hero I want on my zompoc team. Ben S Reeder, author of The Zompoc Survivor Series

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The Awakening (The Darkness of Diggory Finch Book 1) 6-Aug-2021

by Chris Philbrook

( 108 )

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Stephen King meets Kevin Smith in this smart, humor-laced tale of cosmic horror, cults, and monsters running amok.

Diggory Finch had a mother that didn’t seem to want him, and a father that chose to run from every struggle the family ever had. Same father lied about the family fortune.

But now Grandma Beatrice is gone, and Diggory has inherited Finch Island in Twin Falls, as well as millions of dollars, a house, an old mill building, and the profound, evil darkness that dwells at the center of his family’s heart.

Diggory returns home, happy and comfortable for the first time in a home that’s not going anywhere, and starts the process of opening up a game store on his family’s property. He even meets a young lady that makes him want to stop sabotaging his relationships. Could it be love?

Or will the horror that unfolds undo all he’s ever wanted?

The Finch family is surrounded by people who want something from them. They want the dark power that Diggory has access to. They want the doorway only he can open to remain open forever, and if they have to lock him up so the ancient evil he can access can always flow to them, then so be it.

But for the first time, this Finch isn’t running, and isn’t content to be used to unleash evil on the world.

Can Diggory harness the great darkness within him, and defeat the monsters that feast on the people of Twin Falls, or will he lose control, and put the entire world at risk?

Twin Falls; a modern day Lovecraftian universe of ancient, eldritch evils, manipulative sects, and a wise-cracking young man that's just sick of being used, abused, and more than a little self-destructive. It's on like Donkey Kong.

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The Wrath of the Orphans 8-Sep-2013

by Chris Philbrook, Alan MacRaffen

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Malwynn and his twin sister Umaryn live in a small town in Northern Varrland. In New Picknell, nearly nothing happens, and when their day to day routine is interrupted by a skirmish between an invading patrol of the dead and a defending force from Varrland, their world begins to come undone. With international war looming on the horizon, New Picknell becomes the center of quite unwanted attention. Though the twins' small world has been shattered, they find strength in a growing mastery of the mystical energies of The Way. With nothing left to lose, they set out on a mission of vengeance that will take them to places they'd never dreamed of visiting, and revealing dark knowledges best left undiscovered. The Wrath of the Orphans is book one of the sprawling Kinless Trilogy, set in the dark fantasy world of Elmoryn, created by author and game developer Chris Philbrook. Elmoryn is a world of The Way, where magic maintained steam powered locomotives cross a vast continent covered in the ruins of a long dead civilization, where the spirits of the dead live on forever, and the dead come back to savage the living. Chris is the author of the highly successful post apocalyptic zombie series Adrian's Undead Diary, as well as the urban fantasy A Dragon Among Us.

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Tesser: A Dragon Among Us: A Reemergence Novel, Book One 14-Apr-2014

by Chris Philbrook

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#1 Amazon and Audible BEST SELLING NOVEL

Tesser the dragon of life itself, is one seven; Earth’s primordial draconic guardians, destined to oversee its development, and safety. Species rose, and fell, and one day, ten thousand years ago… Tesser disappeared. The golden dragon woke up this morning, buried deep beneath the city of Boston, with no idea how he got there, and no idea how humanity grew so fast, and learned so much while he was away. He is lost; a fish out of water, with no contact with his brothers and sister, or any idea of what threatens his home.

Where are the faeries? Where are the Minotaur, and unicorns? Where are the selkies and all the creatures he fostered, and loved? Where is the magic?

He’s got a lot of catching up to do if he’s going to find his missing sister Kaula, and stop an incursion of daemons from beyond the Veil. Learning English from watching Kevin Smith movies at a coffee shop is probably not his best first step, but not all heroes get handed a cape.

Welcome to The Reemergence.

"Vibrant storytelling, with an unusual protagonist..." -Georgina Parfitt, Towerbabel.com

Book Two: Ambryn & the Cheaters of Death
Book Three: Fyelrath & the Coven’s Curse
Book Four: Tesser: A Father Enraged
Book Five: Zeud & the Prophets of Atomic Fire

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Tales from the World of Adrian's Undead Diary: Omnibus 30-Jan-2023

by Chris Philbrook, Jay Wilburn, Jeremy Flagg, James Dean, Brian Parker, Shannon Walters, C.A. Hoaks

( 11 )

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It's not just about Adrian, after all. There's an entire apocalypse filled with zombies going on.

That's what The Tales from the World of Adrian's Undead Diary is all about; more stories from his world. More triumph and tragedy in a world overrun by a zombie plague. Happy stories, sad stories, scary stories, gory stories, really weird stories and more.

We have zombies stuck in swings, dogs protecting their families, truck drivers surviving the end of the world, a porn store that's repurposed into an armory, terror on a flight at 30,000 feet and the capers of idiot criminals trying to take advantage of undead wandering the streets and devouring the flesh of the populace.

Contained within this Kindle-only omnibus are the first six releases in the Tales series: Unhappy Endings, London Burns, Only the Light We Make, The Shed, An Ill Wind, The Other Side, and Dead Lucky.

There are 43 short stories and four novellas in this collection, with stories by Jeremy Flagg, J.C. Fiske, Carl Meadows, Brian Parker, Jay Wilburn, James Dean, Shannon Clare, C.A. Hoaks, James Pyne, Christopher T. MacDonald, Phillip Tomasso, Joe Tremblay, Adam Carpenter, and Rich Restucci, as well as a large excerpt from Carl Meadow's No More Heroes, from his AUD canon trilogy Lockey vs the Apocalypse.

So please join us in this collection, and flesh out the core Adrian's Undead Diary universe in a delightful fashion.

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No God: Adrian's March, Part Three (Adrian's Undead Diary Book 11) 25-May-2020

by Chris Philbrook

( 155 )

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Adrian Ring is broken. He was wounded badly, and with dead loved ones on all sides, he makes a bold, life-changing decision; he’s leaving Bastion and its people to help the unknown second Trinity in Europe, where a terrible strain of faster, smarter undead still rampage in the streets.

Clinging to what’s left of his tattered soul, he must assemble a small team to bring across the Atlantic aboard one of the few still-operational US Navy frigates. There, he is reunited with his lost brother William.

The battle ahead is ominous enough, but the journey might kill him before he sets foot on European soil. He must battle the wills of those who will be left behind at Bastion, The Factory, Spring Meadows and MGR, plus ensure a proper transition of power.

He must wage a war of wills against a rag-tag Navy crew who sees him as a self-proclaimed savior, and against a captain who is at odd with his risk-taking, bold nature.

The zombies might be the least of his problems.

No God contains Adrian’s Journal entries from July 4th, 2014 through Sept. 3rd, 2014. It also contains the side fictions; A Man of God, The Cleaving, I Can See Clearly Now, and The A Game.

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At Least He's Not On Fire: A Tour of the Things That Escape My Head 18-Apr-2014

by Chris Philbrook

( 240 )

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I'm an odd dude. But I write some decent stuff, and here's my way of sharing my odd dude thoughts. I'm the author of three 'major' series; Adrian's Undead Diary, Elmoryn's The Kinless Trilogy, and the Reemergence Novels, the first of which is Tesser: A Dragon Among Us. To help folks get a taste of my writing, I've put At Least He's Not On Fire together. Inside this wonderful electronic tome of my words, you'll find a healthy sized sampler of each of my major works, as well as several short stories that are mixed in for your entertainment. All in, Hell Hole, and The Vampire of Menlo Park are all great fun, and I hope you enjoy them. Dark Recollections: Book One of Adrian's Undead Diary 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. 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. The Wrath of the Orphans: Book One of The Kinless Trilogy Malwynn and his twin sister Umaryn live in a small town in northern Varrland. In idyllic New Picknell nearly nothing happens, and when their day to day routine is interrupted by a skirmish between an invading patrol of the dead from The Amaranth Empire and a defending force from Varrland, their world begins to come undone. With international war looming on the horizon New Picknell becomes the center of quite unwanted attention, and the twins have their world shattered. With nothing left to lose, they set out on a mission of vengeance that will take them to places they'd never dreamed of visiting, discovering mystical powers in The Way that will change their lives forever, and revealing dark knowledges best left undiscovered. Tesser: A Dragon Among Us A Novel of the Reemergence Imagine for a moment that you are a Dragon. A creature of unimaginable power, unending intelligence and strength, and you've just woken from ten thousand years of slumber. Worse yet, you've awoken underneath a city; Boston, an alien and strange place that defies everything you've ever known. Your last memories were of primordial forests, erupting volcanoes sculpting a developing world, faeries, witches, vampires, krakens, and monsters that feared where you turned your eyes. But all that is gone. Humans, only barely coming into their own in the world from your memory, have taken over. They have erected cities made of stone and steel erupting from the earth like stalagmites reaching for the high blue sky, and developed sciences that have overshadowed even the glory of old magic. This was not the way it was supposed to be. Meet Tesser, the Dragon. He who walks in any form, and flies the skies free of fear. A Dragon Among Us is Tesser's story. Walk with him as he learns the human way, and discovers the dark truth about why magic has really faded from the world he calls home. And just maybe, humanity will remember why dragons were most noble, and most savage creatures again. Welcome to The Reemergence.

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The Bleed: Book 2: RAPTURE 16-Mar-2021

by David Moody, Chris Philbrook, Mark Tufo

( 90 )

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THE BLEED is attacking on several fronts and through different realities at once. The survivors of numerous battles are brought together through a series of ancient clockwork rooms, and their individual experiences combine to paint a picture of a multiverse on the brink of total annihilation. Gods and mortals fight alongside each other on the streets and among the stars, struggling to hold back the armies of demons doing the bidding of THE BLEED.

Whole worlds are lost. Others are sacrificed. Thousands are ready to fight, but millions more offer themselves up to the gods, praying that The Rapture will bring them salvation. In the midst of it all just a handful of survivors scattered across the multiverse are aware of what’s at stake and how they can avoid Armageddon. But with the odds stacked against them and impossible distances between them, will they be able to come together and turn the bloody tide against THE BLEED?

IT ALWAYS BLEEDS THROUGH. THREE WORLDS. THREE AUTHORS. THE MOTHER OF ALL APOCALYPSES.

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Dead Lucky (Tales from the World of Adrian's Undead Diary Book 7) 27-Jul-2020

by Chris Philbrook, Jay Wilburn, J.D. Demers, Shannon Clare, Chisto Healy, Chris Leininger, Christopher MacDonald, Rich Restucci, Carl Meadows, Jeffrey Clare

( 36 )

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If it wasn’t for bad luck, some of us wouldn’t have any luck at all.

Old saying, sure, but boy is it true when it comes to Adrian Ring’s zombie apocalypse. Welcome to Dead Lucky; an anthology of twelve tales set in the world of Adrian’s Undead Diary.

With stories by:
Christopher MacDonald
Rich Restucci
Chisto Healy
Jay Wilburn
Chris Leininger
Carl Meadows
J.D. Demers
Shannon Clare
And three stories written by Chris Philbrook.

Each of these clever tales revolves around the sudden appearance of luck, or a distinct lack thereof. From getting trapped in a porn store to being dragged out of your peaceful existence into a world of violence and evil, each of these stories adds to the canon of AUD.

Foreword written by Jeffrey Clare, founder and owner of All Things Zombie, and All Things Apocalyptic.

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The Bleed Book 1: Rupture 14-Jul-2020

by David Moody, Chris Philbrook, Mark Tufo

( 176 )

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The first book in a new series spanning worlds and ages. A war is raging between gods and demons, with an unstoppable interdimensional terror – THE BLEED – destroying everything it touches. From ancient alien civilisations through to modern day London, through to deep space and beyond, nothing and no one is safe. The Bleed wants flesh. It wants to destroy life. It wants to be worshipped.

London: next week.
The Bleed strains at the edges of reality, and God has come to help Earth make a stand against the demons from beyond, but it’s going to come down to one frightened kid to save the entire planet from a blood-soaked fate.

The moon: sometime in the future.
A covert mission to colonize the moon is Earth’s last chance. The mission is going well, until the brand-new technology used to operate the colony begins failing mysteriously. Will the survivors of Earth’s civil war be caught up in a larger conflict they couldn’t ever know anything about?

Another world: another time.
The gods of this world left to fight the Bleed. The war raged on the horizon, at the very edge of this reality. One morning there are screams at the shore and the red tide arrives. The war against the monsters of the Bleed is no longer forgotten history, it’s happening now.

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