Here is an interview with George L. Cook III who has FINALLY released The Dead War Series Book Three: WAR.
TDWS: Welcome Mr. Cook. First let us congratulate you on the release of The Dead War Series Book Three: WAR.
George Cook: Thank you for having me and on your congratulations on the release of the book.
TDWS: First question right off the bat. What took so long?
George Cook: Let me apologize for that but i hope to the fans of The Dead War Series the wait was worth it.
Writing a series is not easy and can at times be painstaking. You have to keep things organized and make sure what happens in book three matches what happens in books one and two. You have to keep track of what certain characters have said or did no matter how insignificant it may have been at the time they said or did it. Those stories I had to keep going back to not only included books one and two but the short stories also. The short story DOCTOR provided some issues I hadn't anticipated.
Also I thought I knew how book three would end when I started writing it and then began to jump back and forth between that ending and another ending. I eventually decided to go with the original which meant that about ten pages wound up going in the trash.
TDWS: From the beginning of the book it's apparent that no character is safe and some of the deaths will surprise fans of The Dead War Series. How did you decide who lived and who died?
George Cook: I wanted to keep things as realistic as you can in a story about a zombie apocalypse. I mean there are zombies and humanity goes to war with vampires ( did I mention the word realistic? ) , characters will die on all sides. Some deaths I had planned in advance others came naturally in the course of my writing the action and battle scenes.
TDWS: There is a lot of action is book three but still some scares. How did you manage that?
George Cook: Many of the action sequences were supposed to be in book two but didn't fit the story at the time. Also in book three we are dealing with a bigger scale for the story as war has broken out and it takes place in multiple places. That allowed to up the action ante.
There were two scenes where I deliberately went for scares to set an even more ominous scene and I think I did that. If you read or have read the book you will know what those two scenes are.
TDWS: We get to meet more Scouts in book three beside Richards and Liu. What took so long with that?
George Cook: Well the Scouts normally work alone so it would be unusual to see that many at one place.
If we stop and think about it we the only Scout we really know is Richards the established hero of The Dead War Series. We really don't know much about Liu as he is not in book one and only appears briefly in book two. Other than that he only appeared in two of the short stories and in one of those he is not yet a scout. So I wanted to give Liu more to do and show the variety and diversity of the scout Corp with the other Scouts introduced in book three. Patel the only other scout mentioned by name also shows up in book three.
TDWS: Can I ask you questions about the ending of the book?
George Cook: You can but i'm not answering. :)
TDWS: Okay let's try this. With the way the book ends will we see more of The Dead War Series?
George Cook: Hell yes. I enjoy the Dead war world and have several stories to continue to write those stories.
TDWS: When can we expect those books?
George Cook: One is almost done now although I don't know if it will be the next release as it goes in a different direction.
TDWS: Well thanks again for the interview ans let's not take so long between books okay.
George Cook: I promise the next release will be much sooner.LOL.
