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Are there any zombie themed 40k novels?

Cadian Blood by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

Is it any good?

Yes. It's amazing.

coolyo294 wrote:Yes. It's amazing.

But how "Zombish" is it...on a WWZ scale ?..
Lots of Zombie action?

The guardsmen just drive over most of the zombie. Most of the time it's just traitor guard or chaos marines. Low to med zombie action.

Redshade wrote:The guardsmen just drive over most of the zombie. Most of the time it's just traitor guard or chaos marines. Low to med zombie action.

Ah, So the zombies are more "window dressing" than any actual threat/antagonist.

The only time they are a threat is whena bunch swarm a sentinel squad and try to climb the legs.

Redshade wrote:The only time they are a threat is whena bunch swarm a sentinel squad and try to climb the legs.

Hmm, I might give it a look...but, I'll stick with Keene and Reacht (and other such authors) for my "real zombie" reads.

About what I would expect when combating zombies. I mean, how much damage is an unarmed human going to do in the 41st millennium?

Nerivant wrote:About what I would expect when combating zombies. I mean, how much damage is an unarmed human going to do in the 41st millennium?

Well, as with any zombie tale, it's not about the individual zombie...but the horde.
And if the " standard zombie rules" apply, then I don't see las guns or heavy bolters being any more effective than most "modern" weapons would be.

you know you could have grate fluff options in a 40k novel with the plauge of unbelife i mean tell the tale of a rag-tag unit of PDF from patient zero too planet wide infection trying to survie in a hive city till the guard shows up

OP, please work on your spelling and grammar. It's a chore to read your posts right now.

I bought Cadian Blood on the recommendation that it was about zombies and Guard. Zombies were in it, but they weren't super prevalent. It ends up being Nurgle traitors and Marines versus the Imperial Guard with some zombies here and there. It's actually a very good book, and my favorite Black Library novel.

Yeah, cadian blood is good, but "Biohell" from the Combat K series by Andy Remic is a more zombie-heavy book.
Now I'm considering writing a short 40k story with zombies in...