Laurell K. Hamilton - Affliction (Anita Blake #22)

Some zombies are raised. Others must be put down. Just ask me, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.

Before now, I figured I could handle them. Before now, I had never heard of any of them causing human beings to perish in such agony. But that's all changed.

Micah's estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about 'zombie disease'.

I make my living from zombies - but these aren't the kind I know so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and ase as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes...

Where will it stop? Even I don't know