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Book Blurb

Take three fierce drag queens, plus their undead drag sister, a massive solar flare, and a few billion hungry zombies, toss in the remnants of the U.S. Army and a hysterically funny/frequently poignant cross-country trip, add a spicy dash of sizzling romance and a generous helping of mystery and suspense, and what you wind up with is the deliciously campy Queens of the Apocalypse.

NOTE: This book was previously published by Wilde City Press in January 2014.

Book Review

This book was exactly what I needed. Being familiar with Rob Rosen meant I knew how funny he is and with the title 'Queens of the Apocalypse', starring two of my favorite things, drag queens and zombies, I was 100% positive I'd be laughing and loving this book. There is absolutely nothing better than being right. Since it happens so often I'm pretty used to that natural high. *smirk*

I can't think of anything more fabulous than a zombie apocalypse. Okay. Okay. I know. I'm weird. When it happens to Destiny, Blondella, and Kit, three drag queens who are in their former-meat-locker-now-converted-to-a-dressing-room getting prepared to go on stage that evening, they are less than thrilled. They actually don’t know it’s going to be a zombie apocalypse, not in the beginning, anyway. They just heard a big old BOOM, think it was an earthquake, and then see all the people who died where they fell. They meet Max who was saved, apparently, because he was in his bank's safe deposit vault. Max is the one who clues them in to the people, now zombies, beginning to stir and move around. Uh-oh.

I could tell you what the group hypothesizes was the boom and the zombies. And how they figure out what would kill them. It was actually pretty creative on the author's part. But, no, I'm not telling. You've got to read the book. As these three plus Max are leaving San Francisco heading to New York, since Blondella has a lover there and he might've survived, they recognize one of the zombies as a fellow drag queen. Kit, it appears, is smarter than she looks, and comes up with a plan to de-zombie Creature. And, yes, that's her name, Creature Comfort. She's no longer a zombie, but her body is still in rigor, so the best they can do is put her on a skateboard and tie her to one of the motorcycles. By the way, it really is as funny as it sounds.

In an unusual twist of fate and fabulousness, they end up in Cher's bus which used to be Nixon's campaign bus - it's made of steel and bulletproof. Unfortunately, they've spotted the military and since they're not so sure that those are the good guys, they'll need to do some reconnoitering. (By the way, at this point I've almost peed my pants laughing!). Reconnoitering leads to rescuing prisoners, non-zombies, held by the military. What. The. Hell? That's what I was asking.

Besides the fact that this book was insanely funny, it was also dramatic, and action-packed with an exciting and intriguing plot. It was impossible to guess all the myriad places, both literally and not, that these queens took me. I adored each of them and their guy-groupies and was thrilled that all three of these ladies got a romance and a happy ever after. 'Queens of the Apocalypse' is campy humor mixed with action adventure and I loved it! Thank you, Rob, for another gem!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 221 pages/76500 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	23-August-2016
Price	$3.99 ebook, $9.50 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Apocalypse-Foreword-Sister-Roma-ebook/dp/B00TXRW5K4