The Z Tailgate
The Sequel to the Burning Z
by Clive Riddle
Publication date: March 12th 2016
Genres: Adult, Horror, Zombies
by Clive Riddle
Publication date: March 12th 2016
Genres: Adult, Horror, Zombies
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A palpable buzz could be sensed
throughout the Hegenberger lot, as the stage one infected turned and began to
rise up and join the other zombies in great numbers. Cassie, Conner and even
Tess took measure of it from the back of their cargo truck as they fought off
their attackers.
The buzz
of the second wave began to unnerve, and then panic the thousands of
tailgaters, who up to this point had patiently and obediently waited in their
vehicles for an all-clear signal. Many started to flee their car on foot,
causing others to see them and decide to do the same. Even more began to try to
extricate their vehicles from their confined positions in the parking lot,
ramming their cars and trucks into each other, hoping to clear enough space to
break free.
Those in
the far western end of the Hegenberger lot, in the “C” section – who remained
outside their vehicles up to that point – caught the buzz of crowd noise and
the initial thrusts of zombies into their areas. More than one barbeque of hot
coals spilled over, rolling underneath running cars. A series of fires and
explosions erupted in that end of the lot.
A growing
number of people were fleeing on foot – which hadn’t been a major issue until
this point – as the second wave of Zs pursued them. A number of persons were
trampled in the process. Some of those on foot began to climb up the middle
observation tower in the B lot to escape the Zs on their tail. Even more
tailgaters sought out the tower as a refuge when they saw others before them
taking that route. The structure soon became seriously beyond capacity. It
didn’t take long for the tower to tip over, sending bodies flying everywhere,
scattered amongst the zombies gathered below. A plume of dust rose from the
tower’s collapse. Several cars were partially crushed underneath the fallen
structure. Z’s began picking through the numbers that had tumbled off the tower
as it went down.
Author Info
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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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.
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