Joan Frances Turner sa vo svojom debutovom románe zameriava na perspektívu nemŕtvych, ktorí bojujú s časom, rozkladom a zvyškom ľudstva. Jej štýl pripomína epické rozprávanie s nečakaným zvratom, kde sa skúmajú témy straty a identity. Turner sa ponorila do temných zákutí existencie a skúma, čo znamená byť na pokraji zániku. Jej próza, hoci sa zaoberá hororovými prvkami, ponúka hlboko ľudské (alebo skôr post-ľudské) zamyslenie nad smrteľnosťou a pamäťou.
Being human is a disadvantage in post-apocalyptic America ...Since a devastating, morphing plague swept through human and zombie populations, almost everyone who survived is an 'ex' these days. Ex-human. Ex-zombie. Both creatures crave flesh, have the strength and speed of predators - and what seems like immortality.
After she was buried, Jessie awoke and tore through the earth to arise, reborn, as a zombie. Jessie's gang is the Fly-by-Nights. She loves the ancient, skeletal Florian and his memories of time gone by. She's in love with Joe, a maggot-infested corpse. They fight, hunt, dance together as one- something humans can never understand.