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2	''What Zombies Fear'' is a six-book series by Kirk Allmond and Laura Bretz. Originally self-published, the books were eventually picked up Creator/PermutedPress and re-released as part of their Platinum line of books.
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4	The premise is that zombies have risen to take over the world [[AlienInvasion but these zombies are different.]] Intelligent and possessed of a hive-mind, they have settled into the business of exterminating mankind with a ruthless efficiency. Fortunately, their bite has an unintended consequence for a small collection of humans as they develop superpowers because of it.
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6	Victor Tookes, the titular being who the zombies fear, sets out to rid the world of the undead scourge on behalf of his infant son Max.
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8	This time, the humans fight back.
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11	!!The series contains the following tropes:
12	* ActionGirl: Leo is the toughest woman in the world. She's not alone.
13	* AlienInvasion: What separates this from most zombie stories.
14	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The E'clei are a race of parasitic alien conquerors who wear the corpses of humanity. [[spoiler: It gets played with later when Max reprograms some.]]
15	* ApocalypseHow: Humanity is reduced to a tenth of its original size.
16	* ArmiesAreEvil: Victor tends to treat the United States government's remnant like this. Then again, they're always trying to take Max. [[spoiler: The remnant he encounters in ''Fracture'' are so far past the Moral Event Horizon, it's not even funny.]]
17	* BadassBoast: Victor is going to kill every single zombie in the world. [[spoiler: He doesn't, but his son does.]]
18	* BattleCouple: Leo wants to form this with Victor. He's not interested due to his dead wife.
19	* BadassFamily: The Tookes are this in a nutshell.
20	* BerserkButton: Do NOT threaten Max.
21	* BigBad: Laura is this for much of the books. [[spoiler: It's a role eventually usurped from her.]]
22	* BigBadWannabe: Colonel Frye hovers between this and WellIntentionedExtremist. He is ''seriously'' outclassed by Victor, however.
23	* BigGood: Victor Tookes becomes this to the world as TheLeader of the superpowered group that is killing the evil zombies. [[spoiler: His son, Max, takes over the role in time.]]
24	* TheChosenOne: Max is this to the Maxists. He is believed to be the one who will save the world from the zombies because of a bit of brainwashing he once did. [[spoiler: He eventually fulfills this prophecy.]]
25	* CoolVersusAwesome: Superpowered humans versus Zombies.
26	* TheDeterminator: Victor Tookes intends to kill all seven billion zombies on Earth.
27	* TheExtremistWasRight: Victor thinks they have to kill every zombie on Earth. Who here on [=TVTropes=].org thinks he's right? I suspect it's a majority.
28	* HiveMind: The E'clei have one of these, though groups of them can form individual personalities (sort of like Legion in Mass Effect).
29	* HiveQueen: Laura fills this role for the E'Clei. [[spoiler: Until someone else takes her place.]]
30	* KnightTemplarParent: What everyone accuses Victor of being in regards to his plan to save Max. [[spoiler: It turns out this was just good sense.]]
31	* MoralityPet: Max is this to Victor. It's implied he may verge on a MoralityChain given how close to the edge Victor sometimes goes.
32	* NotWearingTights: Victor's group has all the powers of the Avengers or Justice League but go by their real names and don't wear costumes.
33	* SuperEmpowering: All of the super-powered humans are this.
34	* RapeIsASpecialKindofEvil: On display in ''Fracture'' with the United States Remnant. Victor and his group proceed to deliver some much-much needed payback.
35	* ReligionOfEvil: It seems the Maxists are being set up to be this. [[spoiler: It turns out, they may have been right all along.]]
36	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They're a bunch of corpses animated by microscopic alien parasites, linked together in a gestalt.
37	* TheVirus: Not strictly true but E'clei have the memories of their hosts, which they happily use against their targets.
38	* WhatTheHellHero: Victor is often the subject of this for the fact he's determined to wipe out every zombie on Earth, no matter the cost.
39	* ZombieApocalypse: Pretty much in the title.

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