Synopsis
A fierce storm threatens the San Francisco Bay Area…Two small-time criminals, pull off a daring bank robbery…With the shipment of an experimental chemical weapon a Naval official gambles with his career and the lives of civilians…a rail traffic controller shows up for work inebriated… The consequences of their actions results in a police manhunt, government cover-up, martial law and a tension-filled battle for survival in two California cities. The chemical, designed to reanimate dead and severely wounded soldiers on the battlefield, escapes into the air and water. Victims of the train wreck come under its influence and come back to life, but unlike most zombies they are not listless and docile. Instead they possess speed and strength that belies their physical condition and begin to fan out and commit a plethora of grisly killings. The storm carries the chemical eastward, and there are isolated news reports of more attacks, until the government puts its disinformation plan into effect. Both cities come under quarantine as soldiers fill in for decimated police forces. Meanwhile bank robbers Roy and Cash, find themselves trapped by this army of the undead, and with several residents of a housing project try and fend off the creatures until daylight, when they hope to make their escape. However, zombies aren’t their only foe: also lurking in the shadows are police officers who have turned the manhunt into a personal grudge and dubbed themselves judge, jury and executioner.
About the Author
Timothy N. Stelly is a poet, novelist and screenwriter from northern California whose 2008 novel, HUMAN TRIAL (2008 All Things That Matter Press) is the first chapter in his groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy. HUman Trial tells the story of an alien thermal attack that decimates nearly all life on earth and forces a handful of every day Americans to battle for survival. The book was nominated as a SORMag (Shades Of Romance Magazine) Book of the Year. The sequel, HUMAN TRIAL II: ADAM’S WAR, was released in 2010 (All Things That Matter Press) and raised the question, “What is the bigger threat to man, a foreign invader or man himself? It is a story centered on the ills of greed, lust for power and betrayal; at the same time it speaks to the issues of hope, love and the American spirit. The final chapter in this American saga, HUMAN TRIAL III: THE FINAL CONFLICT (2012 All Things That Matter Press), blends scifi, action-adventure, warfare and romance, as a fragile America sets out to rebuild. In 2011, his erotic comedy, NATHAN’S COUGAR (Secret Cravings Publishing) was published, and the sequel NATHAN’S COUGAR 2: RICKY’S RETURN is set to be published in May 2013. In 2005, Stelly won First Prize in the Pout-erotica poetry contest for his erotic piece, "C’mon Condi." Stelly says, “I’ve never viewd myself as a conventional (read ‘cookie-cutter’) fiction writer. Whether novels, short stories or screenplays, writing emphasizes formula rather than feeling and freestyle. For that reason I flaunt a bold, sardonic style. While Scifi has been my bread and butter, I prefer political satire, and see my point of view as equal parts Richard Wright and Richard Pryor.” He added, “I like to blend heavy urban gravitas with mainstream sensibilities. I can produce searing ‘keeping it real’ social commentary punctuated with satirical dialogue and narrative; or capture the essence of romance set against a backdrop of individualism and revolution, as I did in the Human Trial trilogy.” His website can be found at stellyhumantrial.com
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