By Jonathan Shuerger

Semper Die

Semper Die, Book I

The dead rose expecting a feast. What they got was a firefight.

Sergeant Alex Slaughter and the Marines of Alpha Squad were on a routine training exercise near Quantico when everything went silent. No comms. No command. No clue.

What they find when they return to base is worse than anything they trained for: a bioweapon has unleashed a zombie virus that has shattered civilization, and now they must survive the Collapse.

But as the squad pushes deeper into hostile territory—through the death-choked streets of Arlington and into the rot-stained corridors beneath D.C.—they discover that the undead aren’t the only threat. Desperate survivors, rogue military units, and darker truths buried beneath the weight of secrecy will test their loyalty, their mission, and their very humanity.

Written by USMC veteran Jonathan Shuerger and set in J.F. Holmes’s brutal and unrelenting Irregular Scout Team One universe, Semper Die delivers pulse-pounding action, authentic military detail, and a terrifying vision of what happens when duty and apocalypse collide.

If you crave hard-hitting military thrillers, brotherhood forged in battle, and Marines who refuse to die quietly—this is your next mission.

Lock. Load. Semper Fi. Semper Die.

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What Other Authors Are Saying

“Jonathan Shuerger may be a newcomer to JF Holme’s Irregular Scout Team One universe, but he’s made a big splash with Semper Die! His Marine background is obvious and the action is to die for. If you want Band of Brothers meets Dawn of the Dead, this is the book for you!”

–Rick Partlow, author of Drop Trooper

“Jon Shuerger brings a new perspective to the zombie apocalypse… that of a United States Marine. While humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, a shrinking handful of warriors do what they can to stem the tide, no matter what the cost. It is the last mission many of them will ever see, fighting for loved ones who may already be lost.

Be sure to check it out, you won’t regret it.”

Shane M. Gries
COL(R), Infantry
US Army

Author of Thin Dead Line

“A dark, gritty read with enough action and heroism to have any reader yelling ‘Semper Fi!'”

Dan Kemp, author of the Athenaeum Inc. series

Award-Winning Author

Jonathan Shuerger

Disclaimer: Jon is a Marine.

You may therefore be exposed to intense battle sequences, epic struggles of good vs. evil, and blistering appraisals of humanity’s flaws.

If you love stories of entire solar systems detonating or desperate last-ditch defenses against shrieking diabolical hordes, this be the place for you.

My Story

Jonathan Shuerger, Author and Marine Veteran

What Readers are Saying

I absolutely loved this book. The story is compelling and realistic. The characters are engaging and relatable. I loved how it brought back memories of my time in. The brotherhood that I miss more and more. Great read and can’t wait for the next. Thank you so much, outstanding job.

This book rocked. I love zombie stories – if they are well written and executed. This book met that criteria and more. It had both believable and likable characters along with pulse pounding action. Highly recommended for anyone who likes this genre.

Jonathan Shuerger outdoes himself in this one! I’ve been on-board with his stories since “The Exorcism of Frosty the Snowman,” and from a pacing and prose perspective this is Shuerger’s best work so far.
Though I am unfamiliar with the “Irregular Scout Team” series by J.F. Holmes, the universe of which this story is set in, I will say that this story has for me supplanted “World War Z” by Max Brooks as my favorite zombie book, and I’m certain a film adaptation could go toe-to-toe with “Battle: Los Angeles” in terms of “Oorah Marine Corps” energy.
The setting of a zombie apocalypse in a modern day really brings to light Shureger’s experience in the Corps, and the dialogue in this story is the most natural and believable dialogue I’ve read in a military story. His prowess at describing violence is practically made for the zombie genre, and as a Marine veteran myself I could see the personas of Marines I knew and loved amalgamated into the Devil Dogs of Alpha Squad.