Title: The Z Tailgate: The Sequel to the Burning Z by Clive Riddle
Publication date: March 12th 2016
Genres: Adult, Horror, Zombies
Synopsis:
Alan and Conner are sent to a cruise ship to investigate a possible new zombie outbreak. Bruce and Cassie – Conner’s girlfriend – are kidnapped along with a truckload of zombies by Chinese-backed henchmen intending to stow away some Zs to China.
The zombie truck becomes the subject of a manhunt, ultimately hiding out in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot, where a football game is about to take place. The zombies escape and invade the tailgate parties, leading to a climatic battle in the Coliseum parking lot.
Interview with Clive Riddle
What’s the Z Tailgate
all about?
The Z Tailgate is a sequel to my second book – The Burning
Z. In the Burning Z – zombies invade the
Burning Man festival, after a mysterious alien meteor-like object begins
infecting people in the desert. Our protagonists set out to warn and save those
inside Burning Man. So in the Z Tailgate, two months later, the Burning Man
site is now an internment camp for zombies and our protagonists have contracted
in different capacities with Homeland Security, who is now charged with dealing
with the zombie site. The Chinese want to procure some of the interned zombies
for their own experiments, and arrange a zombie kidnapping that goes awry. Two
of our protagonists are kidnapped along with the zombies. The kidnappers end up
the subject of a manhunt, and take refuge in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot,
where a football game will soon be taking place. Meanwhile, our other two
protagonists are dealing with a new zombie threat on a cruise ship, before they
are whisked away to help consult in dealing with the zombie tailgate at the
Coliseum.
Will readers first
need to complete The Burning Z in order to make sense of The Z Tailgate?
While I’d love for anyone to read both in that order, you
can certainly enjoy The Z Tailgate as a stand-alone story. Enough relevant
background is provided in the sequel so it stands on its own.
Why Zombies? Why
Burning Man? Why Cruise Ships? And why a Raider Tailgate?
These are all things I’m passionate about. Who doesn’t love
zombies? They’re so soft and cuddly. I love a good zombie movie or The Walking
Dead, despite how they ended this season. Burning Man is such a unique,
wonderful experience – I consider it the best alternative to visiting another
planet if you can’t afford space travel. Cruise ships can be so much fun if
you’re with close friends or family and I’ve become a frequent traveler. And
the Raiders – I’ve been a season ticket holder since 1995, and there is nothing
like the Coliseum tailgate crowds. Burning Man, cruise ships, and a Raider
tailgate – they all seemed such great venues to plop a herd of zombies into.
But aren’t the
Raiders probably leaving the Oakland Coliseum after this upcoming season?
I deal with that in the story. And I do think the zombie
incursion in a final game at the Coliseum is something that all Raider fans can
relate to, given all the fans have suffered through in rooting for their team
the past two decades.
Clive Riddle is a life-long Californian, married and father of three. At age 26 Riddle became CEO of a regional HMO. After a decade, he went on to found MCOL (www.mcol.com), a leading health care business information company. Riddle has authored a variety of health care reference books and business articles. He is a noted speaker at national events regarding key health care business issues. Dorris Bridge was his first novel, The Burning Z was his second, and the Z Tailgate is his third. Find out more about Clive at www.CliveRiddle.com.
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