'A hell of a promising book for a hell of a writer.' 'The Summer I Died takes us deep into the bowels of hell where Thomas doesn't hold any punches.' 'The Summer I Died is intense! It's everything you wish Hostel was.' 'The Summer I Died is one wicked trip through man-made hell and I was glad I hitched a ride. I blazed through it, loving every minute of it. 'Thomas may very well be the next big name in extreme horror.' His website is 'If you want a book to scare the out of you on your next camping trip, you can't do any better than The Summer I Died!' He lives in San Diego with his wife and two dogs.

When he's not writing, he can be found on the road playing in numerous bands. He is the author of several novels, including THE SUMMER I DIED, BORN TO BLEED, SALTICIDAE, HISSERS, HISSERS 2: DEATH MARCH, THE UNDEAD WORLD OF OZ, RATINGS GAME, ORIGIN OF PAIN, and BUGBOY. Thomas is an award-winning journalist and novelist living in San Diego, CA. equal parts touching, compelling and gruesome.' -Nate Kenyon, award-winning author of THE REACH and SPARROW ROCK 'A unique approach to the walking dead.I promise that you'll love it.' - HorrorDrive-In.Ryan C. Bourne, author of Day by Day Armageddon 'Hissers is one of the best stories I've read this year. Worse, the hissers are evolving, and it may be impossible to stop them at all. They have no friends or family, nowhere to hide, and death lurks behind every corner. Now they need to get to San Diego with their secret, but the plague is spreading too fast. Four teens-Connor, Seth, Amanita, and Nicole-fought for their lives to secure vital data from the plane wreckage, some of them paying the ultimate sacrifice. Monsters that could transmit their plague in seconds, that could run as fast as dogs, and that could fuse themselves together to create massive mutated beasts. When a plane crashed in the quaint town of Castor, it unleashed a virus that turned everyone into hissing, blood-thirsty, undead monsters. Now they need to get to San Diego with their secret, but the plague is.

Hissers by Ryan C. Thomas