Deaths (Major Spoilers Do Not Click)

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Name - Book, Chapter/Section, Location, Cause of Death

Jack - Book 1, Cole's house/Close to Cole's House (Georgia), Bitten by Cole's father then later head is smashed in a car door by Lucas

Alexis - DETERMINANT?: Book 8 or 10, Where are we going from here?, Unknown

Kelly - Book 2, A camp in Derrick's organization (Northern US), Head is cut off by and then stabbed by Cole after Leo forced him to.

Molly - Book 1, Middle of a street (Northern US), Giving birth in the back of the truck and screaming which attracts walkers, gets bit by a couple then is killed by Cole out of mercy

Adam - Book 1, Warehouse (Northern US), Devoured by a tied up zombified Paul

Samantha - Book 1, Somewhere in Georgia, is going to drive the group away from Paul's camp when a truck from that camp rams into the car killing her

Coach Parker - Book 1/Book 2, Middle of a street (Northern US), throat slit by Max after threatening Cole and Lucas and then shot in the head by Simon

John - Book 1, Warehouse (Northern US), Beaten to death by Paul

Jonas - Original: Book 1, Paul's camp (Georgia), Shot in the head by Coach Parker while escaping the camp

New: Book 7, Order Camp (Unknown), My Name Is Jonas, After pretending to be loyal to Jonas, Cole shoots him in the head and Lucas takes the blame. Reason for changing: We felt like Jonas had more potential for the story. He still gets shot by Coach Parker in book 1, but it is not fatal, and he isn't revealed to be alive until book 7.

Jason - Book 2, On the ocean (Between US and UK), Bled out after getting chopped up by a boat motor

Paul - Book 1, Warehouse (Northern US), Tied up and strangled by a member of Lucas and Cole's group (undetermined who) (left undead)

Braxton - Book 3, Jeremy's New Camp (Louisiana), Shot in the head by Zak after almost killing Lucas

Nora - Book 1, Unknown Location (Possibly Northern US (undetermined)), After Bert passes out while controlling the helicopter, it crashes, killing Nora, After waking up Cole shoots a zombified Nora in the head after seeing her try to eat Lucas

Morgan - Book 4, Highway (Georgia), In the Trees, Shot in the head by Zak after being kidnapped with Max and "given back" for Lucas and Cole

Levi - Book 2, Brenda's Camp (UK), Shot in the head by Marshall after being "allowed" to "leave the camp"

Gramps - Book 1, Unknown Location (Northern US), The Ice Is Getting Thinner, Died by hypothermia then is stabbed in the head by Lucas to prevent reanimation

Jackson - Book 1, Paul's Camp (Georgia), Legs cut off and shot in the head by Paul after hearing about his plan to escape with Lucas, Cole and their group

Eaon - Book 4, Cole's Camp (Georgia), Killed by the camp explosion caused by the bandits

Dexter - Book 2, Brenda's Camp (UK), Shot in the head by an unknown person from Leo's group of Derrick's camp after trying to warn the rest of the camp

Bert - In between books 1 and 2, Unknown Location (Northern US), Killed at some point by Braxton because he blamed Bert for his daughter's death (only Braxton knows this until right before his death in Book 3 when he tells Lucas before trying to kill him)

Courtney - Book 1, Unknown Location (Northern US), After getting bit and hiding it, she dies in the truck on the road. After someone notices, they take her out of the truck, where she turns but is quickly put down by Bert

Tyler - Book 2, Outside of Jeremy's Camp (Louisiana), After Jeremy's camp is overrun, him and the others are trying to escape when Tyler is bitten on the arm, Lucas tries to cut off his arm when they are surrounded and Tyler has to be left for dead

Derrick - Book 2, Derrick's Camp (Northern US), Derrick's camp is being overrun and everyone is crossing a metal bridge with a 50 foot drop, when Lucas turns around, jumps on Derrick and starts stabbing him in the eyes (as revenge for getting his eye scooped out with a rusty spoon) Lucas then steals his glasses and then runs to safety, when the bridge collapses and Derrick falls to his death

Thomas - Book 4, Cole's Camp (Georgia), While Zak and Andrew were attacking Cole's Camp, they dropped a bomb near Thomas, and the angle and speed it was falling caused it to split Thomas' head in half.

Drew - Book 4, Cole and Zak's Camp (Jeremy's new camp), a herd passes through the camp, as the camp is clearing them out they prove to be too many, and Drew goes to distract them, when he is bitten on the neck and gets devoured

Leo - Book 2, On the ocean (Between Us and UK), while chasing Lucas' group via boat, Lucas throws an ax at him, hitting him directly in the head

Pablo - Book 1, Unknown Location (Northern US), Shot multiple times after Derrick's camp finds Lucas and Cole's group

Xavier - Original Death: Unknown, Reason for bringing back: The writers couldn't remember how he died and felt he never had a chance to be a character.

New Death: Book 4 (Alive) Book 5 (Zombified), Cole's Camp (Georgia), While Zak and Andrew were attacking Cole's camp, Xavier was shot in the back, later (Book 5) Cole and Lucas find him zombified and stab him in the head.

Benny - Book 3, Unknown Location (Louisiana), While him and Brian are making a deal with Jeremy's new camp, the deal goes bad and he was shot multiple times including the head

Rose - Book 2, Brenda's Camp (UK), Shot in the head by an unknown member of Leo's group of Derrick's camp

Danny - Book 2, Unknown Location (Northern US), When Benny tries to shoot Jason, he misses and accidentally shoots Danny (whom Jason had been holding)

Simon - Book 2, Simon's Camp (Northern US), After kicking Cole out of the camp unfairly, Jason gets frustrated with him and shoots him in the head

Crystal - Book 4 (Alive) Book 5 (Zombified), Cole's camp (Georgia), While Zak and Andrew were attacking Cole's camp, Crystal got crushed by a wall that fell on her, later (Book 5) Cole and Lucas find her zombified and stab her in the head

Aaron - Book 4, Zak's Camp (Louisiana), a herd passes through the camp, as the camp is clearing them out they prove to be too many, Aaron is fighting them off when he gets bitten and devoured

Johnny - Book 3, Jeremy's Camp (Louisiana), after suspecting Lucas' group to be hiding in a house in Jeremy's overrun camp, they shoot rockets into it and Johnny gets crushed by falling debris

Brenda - Book 2, Brenda's camp (UK), Shot in the head by an unknown member of Leo's group of Derrick's camp

Brody - Book 2, Brenda's camp (UK), Shot and killed by Lucas

Jacob - Book 2, Brenda's camp (UK), Shot and killed by Cole

Marshall - Book 2, Brenda's camp (UK), Shot and killed by Lucas after killing Levi

Zak - Book 4, Highway (Georgia), In the Trees, After he shoots Morgan, Max sneaks up behind him and shoots him in the head.

Percy - Book 7, Truce, Unknown Street (Georgia), After Jonas starts trying to get Cole to join The Order, he tells him to shoot Percy as initiation, when Cole refuses Jonas shoots him himself.

Daisy - Book 4, Highway (Georgia), In the Trees, After Max shoots Zak in the head, Daisy shoots Max in the shoulder. Angry at his mother for shooting his friend, Percy shoots and kills her

Jett - Original Death: Book 3, Jeremy's Camp (Louisiana), Shot in the head and killed after warning that the members of Derrick's camp were there with rocket launchers and grenades, Reason for bringing back: His death was far too similar to Dexter's and after debating on which to keep the writers decided on Jett because they felt he never got to be a character New Death: Book 4, Cole's Camp (Georgia), While Zak and Andrew were attacking Cole's camp, Andrew shot Jett in the head.Reason for bringing back: the writers want one more chance to make him a character. New-New Death

Sarah - Original Death: Book 2, Brenda's Camp (UK), Shot in the head by Eaon who was forced to by Leo, Reason for bringing back: The writers feel she didnt get a chance to be a character New Death: Book 6+

Brian - Book 3, Unknown Location (Louisiana), While him and Benny are making a deal with Jeremy's new camp, the deal goes bad and he was shot multiple times before going back to the truck to get back up. when they fight the members of Jeremy's camp, he looks at Cole before getting shot in the head and dying

Tiana - Book 2, Unknown Island camp, Tiana and the rest of the group are hiding under the boat from Derrick's soldiers. When Derrick's soldiers hear a sound under the boat, one of them shoves a knife under the boat thinking there is a walker stuck under it. In reality he had stabbed Tiana in the head and killed her.

Lexi - Book 3, Jeremy's camp (Louisiana), after suspecting Lucas' group to be hiding in a house in Jeremy's overrun camp, they shoot rockets into it and Lexi gets killed by falling debris

Harold - Book 2, On the ocean (Between US and UK), after falling off of the boat, the group goes back for him, as he pokes his head out of the water, Leo shoots him directly in the forehead, killing him

Jeremy - Book 3, Zak's camp (originally his new camp), Shot in the head by Ryan after he shoots Charlie in the arm

Conrad - Book 6, On the road (Georgia), Conrad, When the RV and Conrad's car swerve off the road, Conrad's window shatters and a piece of glass goes through his head, killing him.

Esmerelda - Book 4, Zak's camp (Louisiana), Esmerelda, While cleaning up after the fight, a walker found its way into the camp and bit Esmerelda in the shoulder. Zak sees this and realizing they cant save her, he snipes her in the head out of mercy

Bobby - Book 4, Outside Zak's camp (Louisiana), while running from the bandits who were at the camp trying to take it over, Bobby falls out of the truck and the bandits run over his legs. Realizing it wasn't a walker, the bandits got out of the car and shot him in the head

Andy - Book 3, Jeremy's camp (Louisiana), after coming back to finish off the rest of the group, he underestimated how many were left. Lucas broke his legs and hung him by his broken legs on a tree before opening the gates and letting a herd devour him

Ryan - Original Death: Book 5, Lucas' camp (Georgia), Ryan gets bit while searching the remains of the other camp for supplies, he later dies at Lucas' camp. The only person Ryan shows the bite to is Cole, meaning Lucas didn't know about it causing him to believe Cole snuck into his camp and shot him.

Reason for bringing back: The writers felt his death was too sudden for such a major character

New Death: Book 6, School Camp, After the walker fight, Antonio tells Ryan, Lucas, Cole and Anthony that they have to beat one of them to death with the bats. They refuse so three guys come in and take the bats from Cole, Lucas and Anthony, and beat Ryan to death.

Charlie - Book 4, Zak's Camp (Louisiana), a herd passes through the camp, as the camp is clearing them out they prove to be too many, Charlie wanders out of the gate which was left open into the middle of the herd. The herd devours him

Jeffery - Book 8

Nick - Book 5, Cole's Camp's Remains (Georgia), when Lucas, Cole and the others come back from the trade, Cole finds Nick zombified in a house and stabs him in the head. It is unknown how he died.

Kate - Book 4, Unknown Location near Zak's camp (Louisiana), Mt. Washington, While on a run with Lucas, Cole, and Nick, she leads Cole to the roof of a building where she jumps off and kills herself

Richard - Book 3, Zak's Camp (Louisiana), holding Lucas over the edge of the guard tower bridge threatening to kill him, a tomahawk passes by all of the groups heads in epic slow motion, hitting him directly in the head. Zak had killed him.

Frank - Book 3, Zak's Camp (Louisiana), Seeing the Zak is sniping most of the guards at his camp (who he thinks is from Lucas' group) Jeremy calls Frank over, shoves a live grenade in his mouth and throwing him over the edge of the guard tower bridge, hoping it will kill Lucas' group. The purpose of this is so none of Lucas' group get a chance to throw the grenade back and Jeremy feels as though Frank is expendable.

Reggie - Book 3, Zak's Camp (Louisiana), He is sniped in the head by Zak while defending the camp

Phillip - Book 3, Zak's Camp (Louisiana), He is sniped in the head by Zak while defending the camp

Leslie - Book 5, Cole's Camp's Remains (Georgia), when Lucas, Cole and the others come back from the trade, Cole finds Leslie zombified in a house and stabs her in the head. It is unknown how she died.

Ben - Book 4, Zak's camp (Louisiana), a herd passes through the camp, as the camp is clearing them out they prove to be too many, Leslie, firing into the herd, accidentally shoots Ben in the neck, seeing that he is suffering Cole shoots him in the head out of mercy

Karen - Book 4, Cole's Camp's Remains (Georgia), when Lucas, Cole and the others come back from the trade, Lucas sees Karen zombified on the side walk. Cole then picks up a log and smashes her head, killing her.

Mark - Book 6, School Camp (Georgia), After the walker fight, Antonio walks Mark to his room. Fearing Mark knows too much, Antonio stabs Mark several times and locks him in his room. The next day, Anthony and George go to wake Mark for breakfast where they find him reanimated, and Anthony stabs him in the head.

Andrew - Book 5, An unknown gas station (Georgia), While Andrew's group is trying to kill Lucas' for not giving up Alexis, Percy and Max, Antonio throws a smoke bomb, when the smoke clears it reveals Jeffery has Andrew with a knife to his neck, he then slits his throat and shoots him multiple times, killing him.

Antonio - Book Z (See Book series Pt. 2 deaths)

Juan - Book 4, In the Trees, Highway (Georgia), When Max shoots Zak in the head, the bullet goes all the way through his head and into Juan's

Big Hoss - Book 4, Andrew's Camp (Georgia), Killed by Max and Mark in the training ring.

Terrance - Book 7+

Robbie - Book 5, Rooftop (Georgia), After jumping off of the bridge to escape the herd, a mechete in his backpack impales him, the group brings him to the roof where he bleeds to death and reanimates before Anothony kills him.

Anthony - Book 9+

Hannah - Book 6, On the road (Georgia), She died in the RV explosion

George - Book 6, School Camp, Anthony and George go to wake get Mark for breakfast where they find him reanimated, and he bites George on the arm. Panicking, Anthony stabs him in the head.

Zoey - Book 11+ (See Book series Pt. 2 deaths)

Tony - Book 5, While Lucas is distracting the raiders on the minigun, Tony sees he is going to far with it and tries to pull him off. After several times of trying to pull Lucas off, Lucas, without thinking, slashes Tony's stomach with a knife. After realizing what he's done, Lucas stabs him in the head.

Sam - Book 11+ (See Book series Pt. 2 deaths)

Julia - Book 11+ (See Book series Pt. 2 deaths)

Tara - Book 6

Alex - Book 8+

Spencer - Book 9

Dom - Book 6, School Camp, Knowing when Spencer leaves that Alex and Dom would be in charge, Antonio shoot Dom several times with a machine gun, including once in the head.

Kurt - Book 7+, Unknown, Killed by Zoey after he hit hurt trying to get her not to leave.

Kevin - Book 9 or 10, Movie Studio Office, After (the movie producer) has a heart attack due to Kevin and (insert who he fights with here) fight and dies, he turns pushing Kevin towards the open window and biting him. Kevin knowing he's going to die says "Well, I'm gonna die anyway...", grabs the zombified (movie producer) and falls out of the window willingly, killing him and (the movie producer).

Jarrod - Book 7+

Max - DETERMINANT: Book 10, So Cold, A House (Northern US?), Max, Cole and Lucas find a house in the woods while running from The Order and decide to camp out in it. When bandits discover they are hiding in there, they set the house on fire while they were asleep. They wake up and run for the door, when a support falls on Max and breaks his legs. Cole tries to pull him out, but Lucas drags Cole out of the house to save him and Max burns to death.

Cole - DETERMINANT: Book 10, The Humbling River, River (Northern US?), After Max dies in the house, Cole and Lucas are alone and get in the truck. While trying to cross a river, a bandit shoots out one of their tires causing the truck to be immobile and start to flow down the river to a waterfall. While trying to get out of the back of the truck, Cole's shirt gets caught, and he is unable to swim due to his hurt leg and drowns. He later reanimates.

Lucas - DETERMINANT: Book 10, The Funeral, River Bank (Northern US?), After the truck falls over the waterfall, Lucas gets impaled by a rock causing him to be unable to move. Meanwhile Cole has died and turned into a walker. Panicked Lucas tries to reach for his gun, but to no avail as Cole devours him