Zombies in Your Pocket

Pocket Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, is bringing the survival horror action of Resident Evil to the pages of several mass-market novels that are expected to go on sale this September.

The series begins with Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy, a novelization of the first game that expands upon the story and characters we've all grown to know. That title will be followed by an all-original RE novel, Resident Evil: Caliban Cove. The titles will be released simultaneously and bridge events between the first two games.

In March 1999, two more books based on the series will be released, including the novelization of RE2 (called City of the Dead) and a second original work titled Underworld.

All these titles will be penned by S.D. Perry, author of Virus, Aliens: Labyrinth, and co-author of Aliens vs. Predator: Prey.