Frenzetta by Richard Calder
The world is fragmenting; old technology litters the decaying streets; the tribes are at war. But only one thing matters to Duane Duarte - his love for Frenzetta. Yet theirs is a love that seems to be doomed in this corrupt and disintegrating world. For Duane is a reanimated corpse and Frenzetta is a beautiful princess for whom physical love means instant death. Their only choice is to set out on the frenzied, bizarre and violent journey that will take them to the one place where they can be together...Passionate, intense and piercingly intelligent, FRENZETTA is a brilliant and disturbing novel from a daring and innovative writer at the cutting edge of science fiction.