Undead Q&A

Friday 10th July 2026

The Undead Part One audio was released this week and is now out on all audio platforms, including Audible.

This link takes you to the main site where you can then click to choose your platform of choice. https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9781004245475/

There have been quite a few questions about this new release, about the audio versions, the written books and the series as a whole.

Let me answer some of them here.

Why is Part One being re-released?

The original versions came out about ten years ago and were narrated by Dan Morgan. He stepped down later in the series, and Joe Jameson took over. When the licences between Audible and me reached the end of their term, the audio company I now work with, WF Howes, who produce all of the later Undead books, offered to take on the licences for the earlier books and have them also narrated by Joe Jameson so that the whole series has one narrator.

That investment gave me an opportunity to go back and rewrite The First Seven Days (Parts One, Two and Three) and then also Day Eight and Day Nine (Part Four).

That was something I’d wanted to do for a long time. But I am a working author, and I need to balance reworking older projects with the demands of new contracts.

This situation allowed me to do that. The early books were completely rewritten. The First Seven Days was updated, with outstanding feedback. Day Eight and Day Nine were the same.

WF Howes then got Joe in, and he’s narrated those rewritten books. They are now starting to come out.

I paid for the first audio version of Part One. Why do I have to buy the new version?

The first audiobooks were licensed and produced by Audible. Audible owns them. I don’t. They fix the prices and sell them as part of the licence agreement.

When that licence ended, WF Howes took over and created their own versions, which are new and owned by WF Howes. Those books become ‘new products’, so to speak. Audible removes the older ones, and WF Howes uploads their new ones.

It’s just how it works.

It’s astonishingly expensive to record and produce audiobooks to a high quality, and the audiobook producers have every right to charge for their versions.

If you watched the very first Spider-Man movie, it wouldn’t then be right to expect to be able to see every later Spider-Man movie for free. It just doesn’t work like that.

Will the original Dan Morgan versions remain in my library if I already own them? Yes, if you already own them, they should remain in your library.

Will the rest of the earlier books also be rewritten, or only the first four parts?

The first ten parts are all being redone with Joe Jameson, up to the point where he originally took over.

Why is the new audio not linked to the existing Kindle edition on Amazon?

Because the titles are different. Part One is the audio title, while The First Seven Days is the Kindle title. Linking it properly would mean attaching Parts One, Two and Three to the same Kindle edition, which Amazon cannot do.

Is there any new story material, or is it mainly a tighter rewrite?

Yes, lots. Parts One to Four have been completely rewritten. They are much funnier now and have some brilliant new adventures in them.

How do the audiobooks differ from the Kindle and print books?

The story is exactly the same. What you hear is what readers will read. But due to Audible grouping books together when they first licensed them ten years ago, it means the numbering of the titles will forever be a bit skew-whiff.

Kindle and print:

Season One – The First Seven Days (Day 1 to Day 7)Season Two – The Second Week (Day 8 to Day 14)Season Three – The Third Week (Day 15 to Day 21)Season Four – Books 22, 23, 24 and 25 (not days anymore, as the timeline expands)Season Five – Books 26 to 32

Audio:

We’ve never used the season format for the audiobooks, as they are titled and numbered differently. But Parts One, Two and Three would form The First Seven Days.

Part Four is Day Eight and Day Nine. Part Five is then Day Ten and so forth.

The new audio version of Part One is shorter.

All of the reworked parts were edited down during rewrites to make them sharper and better. Also, do think of it this way: although a lot of UK and US listeners use the Audible credit system, these books are now sold on all audio platforms and are priced super competitively according to their length. Neither WF Howes nor I have any control over how the credit system on Audible is used. Apple, Spotify, Google, libraries and many more are now being used. You can absolutely use another streaming, purchase or subscription model to listen and keep the credit for longer books if you want to do that. You can see all the platforms here: https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9781004245475/

When will new Undead books come out?

I will be writing more Undead this winter. I can’t wait to get stuck back into it! I have some super juicy storylines fermenting in my head. I’m giving the new audiobooks some space for now. As I said earlier, it costs a lot to produce audiobooks, and I want them to do well. Those books being successful helps the series stay alive.

If I release new Undead books now, I will be competing with myself and those audiobooks with adverts, etc. It would also put a lot of pressure on WF Howes as they work through recording the earlier books if I were to also send them new material.

WF Howes is still producing other works from me. REBIRTH has been contracted and will hopefully be narrated by Carl Prekopp. The Four Worlds of Bertie Cavendish audiobook has only just been released. TRIGGERED audio wasn’t that long ago. And CHANGING WORLDS will be out in January 2027.

Will you ever end The Undead series or bring it to a close?

I get asked this a lot. It is a constant question, and one I never really give an answer to. A few people do have an expectation that surely it must be brought to a close. Maybe one day, but I don’t want to do it yet. I love writing it. I love coming up with more stories and ideas. So no. I don’t have any plans to end it yet. The demand is still high too.

I really hope that helps understand the processes behind all the changes.