mercenary soldiers trained as zombie hunters.
Containment Teams
Specialist multinational teams within the military forces of NATO countries that can deploy quickly to suppress zombie outbreaks.
Division 77, âThe Dirgeâ
Zombie-containment team of the British military.
Draugr
Walking corpses from Norse/Viking mythology.
Grimoire
A book of spells or a manual for the use of black magic.
The Honourable Society of the Resurrection Men
A group founded in 1756 in Edinburgh by an unknown group of body-snatchers to fight the influx of necromancers in the city.
Horde
Any gathering of at least ten zombies where they are grouped closely enough that each member can hear the moans of at least three other members.
Irradiated zombies or ârad zombiesâ
The walking dead that have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation and now carry that radiation inside their lifeless shell.
Liche
An undead necromancer.
The âMoanâ
A dry, warbling sound produced by some varieties of zombies that appears to be a primitive means of communication among them.
Necromancer
One who uses necromancy or the magic of death.
Necromancy
Black magic; the practice of using the dead in magical rituals.
Necromantic zombies
Zombies created using black magic to reanimate the bodies of the dead.
âNightmenâ
Nickname of the members of the US Army 34th Specialist Regiment, which specializes in zombie containment.
Operation Eklipse
A World War II German mission to find certain religious artifacts, with the aim of using them to facilitate the creation of zombies in far larger numbers.
Reaper 1 and Reaper 2
Harvester-type vehicles created to combat large groups of zombies efficiently.
Revenants
A variety of zombie reawakened by a force that seems to come completely from within the deceased individual.
Society of Thule
A secret order founded in Munich, Germany, by a World War I veteran, devoted to the pursuit of necromantic knowledge.
Supreme Allied Command: Shadow Theater (SAC:ST)
A secret Allied organization formed during WorldWar II to combat the threat of the Nazi occult program.
Todesritter
âDeath Knightsâ â a unit of zombie soldiers unleashed by Hitler during World War II.
Viral hounds
Zombie canines.
Viral zombies
Zombies created through a contagious virus that infects the living and turns them into zombies, following the rapid onset of death.
Voodoo
A magical and religious practice, often involving witchcraft and necromancy, largely centered in the islands of the Caribbean Sea
Voodoo zombie
A particular form of necromantic zombie created through the use of voodoo.
Z-virus
The virus that creates zombies.
The Zombie Dueling Association
An underground gladiatorial society which pits captured zombies against hired gladiators.
Zombie hunters
Those who hunt down and try to eliminate the threat represented by zombies.
Zombie master
A term once applied to necromancers who had assembled a large force of zombie minions, but has recently become more commonly associated with a zombie Typhoid Mary: a living human who carries the zombie virus and can transmit it to others without suffering its effects.
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Osprey Publishing, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 0PH, UK 44-02 23rd Street, Suite 219, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
' 2010 Joseph McCullough
All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Inquiries should be addressed to the Publishers.
A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library
Print ISBN: 978 1 84908 395
Containment Teams
Specialist multinational teams within the military forces of NATO countries that can deploy quickly to suppress zombie outbreaks.
Division 77, âThe Dirgeâ
Zombie-containment team of the British military.
Draugr
Walking corpses from Norse/Viking mythology.
Grimoire
A book of spells or a manual for the use of black magic.
The Honourable Society of the Resurrection Men
A group founded in 1756 in Edinburgh by an unknown group of body-snatchers to fight the influx of necromancers in the city.
Horde
Any gathering of at least ten zombies where they are grouped closely enough that each member can hear the moans of at least three other members.
Irradiated zombies or ârad zombiesâ
The walking dead that have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation and now carry that radiation inside their lifeless shell.
Liche
An undead necromancer.
The âMoanâ
A dry, warbling sound produced by some varieties of zombies that appears to be a primitive means of communication among them.
Necromancer
One who uses necromancy or the magic of death.
Necromancy
Black magic; the practice of using the dead in magical rituals.
Necromantic zombies
Zombies created using black magic to reanimate the bodies of the dead.
âNightmenâ
Nickname of the members of the US Army 34th Specialist Regiment, which specializes in zombie containment.
Operation Eklipse
A World War II German mission to find certain religious artifacts, with the aim of using them to facilitate the creation of zombies in far larger numbers.
Reaper 1 and Reaper 2
Harvester-type vehicles created to combat large groups of zombies efficiently.
Revenants
A variety of zombie reawakened by a force that seems to come completely from within the deceased individual.
Society of Thule
A secret order founded in Munich, Germany, by a World War I veteran, devoted to the pursuit of necromantic knowledge.
Supreme Allied Command: Shadow Theater (SAC:ST)
A secret Allied organization formed during WorldWar II to combat the threat of the Nazi occult program.
Todesritter
âDeath Knightsâ â a unit of zombie soldiers unleashed by Hitler during World War II.
Viral hounds
Zombie canines.
Viral zombies
Zombies created through a contagious virus that infects the living and turns them into zombies, following the rapid onset of death.
Voodoo
A magical and religious practice, often involving witchcraft and necromancy, largely centered in the islands of the Caribbean Sea
Voodoo zombie
A particular form of necromantic zombie created through the use of voodoo.
Z-virus
The virus that creates zombies.
The Zombie Dueling Association
An underground gladiatorial society which pits captured zombies against hired gladiators.
Zombie hunters
Those who hunt down and try to eliminate the threat represented by zombies.
Zombie master
A term once applied to necromancers who had assembled a large force of zombie minions, but has recently become more commonly associated with a zombie Typhoid Mary: a living human who carries the zombie virus and can transmit it to others without suffering its effects.
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Osprey Publishing, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 0PH, UK 44-02 23rd Street, Suite 219, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
' 2010 Joseph McCullough
All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Inquiries should be addressed to the Publishers.
A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library
Print ISBN: 978 1 84908 395
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