The Archive: A Zombie Apocalypse Novel

By Tommy Marcum

The Archive - A Zombie Apocalypse Novel (The Palimpsest Sequence: A Literary Zombie Apocalypse Saga, Book II)

When the pathogen that steals memory evolves into a language weapon, entire cities become haunted by their own names.

In the haunting sequel to Palimpsest: The Sequence, survivors have established the Archive - a fragile sanctuary built on paper, tattoo glyphs, and whispered incantations - their last defense against the relentless plague that rewrites identity. But as governments, cults, and profiteers converge, the very tools of preservation become instruments of domination.

June, the curator of names, must decide whom to save when the cost of naming becomes lethal. Karim, the linguist-chemist, races to synthesize a counter-grammar strong enough to disrupt the Agent. Moth, once a thief, now battles betrayal from within and without, as the Archive fractures under siege.

When an unauthorized transmission splits the region in half - stabilizing some, sending others into hyper-transcription - the carefully stacked world collapses. The Archive is breached, relics are lost to fire and water, and the codex that bears the ancient grammar is torn to pieces. As a coastal barge carries fragments toward unknown shores, June and Karim realize the origin of the Sequence is older and deeper than anyone believed.

The Archive is a literary zombie apocalypse saga that combines plague horror, memory theft, and linguistic dread. If Book I whispered the fear of forgetting, this volume screams the terror of being named against your will.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTSDX66S
• ISBN13: 9798268143379
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"