I Am Legend

by Richard Matheson

Synopsis: Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone.

An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him.

By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn….

Published: 1954 | ISBN-13: 978-0765357151

I Am Legend is a 1954 horror fiction novel by American writer Richard Matheson. It was influential in the development of the zombie genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. – Wikipedia

Mini-bio: Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. Wikipedia

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