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“Thank you, Evan for interviewing Kathryn.” Kevin winked. “Now that we’ve answered a few of everyone’s favorite frequently asked questions, can you tell us what happens in Cretaceous Clay & the Yellow Stone?”
“Yes, Kevin. After Jack and Shotgun recover their wits, they return to Nodlon in disguise. Constable Wiggles cannot bring our intrepid duo in out of the cold, and the heroes have to plow on as outlaws. Like Robin Hood, our heroes press forward. Their friends and fans remain loyal, though.
“No one believes the Proconsul of Moab is in her right mind with a chip in her forehead. With a little help from his friends, Jack picks up the Black Dwarf’s trail again and hunts him down to the Yellow Stone.”
“Yellow Stone? Isn’t that spelled Yellowstone? And what’s it got to do with Tambora? Isn’t that a barbecue?”
“No, Kevin! Yellow Stone is a new geothermal energy project. The Ministry of Manna is developing the potential of Yellowstone’s magma chamber. They named their new station ‘Yellow Stone’ after a gigantic block of sulfur they found during the initial excavation.”
“Funny, Evan, I thought Rickover Station had plenty of power. Why does the Ministry need more power?”
“Why indeed, Kevin? Objects in motion tend to remain in motion, and powerful bureaucracies seeking power always seek more power. It seems the Ministry is not above this simple law despite the oversight of King Justin and his idealistic daughter, Princess Virginia.”
“What about Nimrod, Evan? Will Jack defeat you again and bring you to justice? Or will you escape to fight again in a fourth episode?”
“Kevin, Jack did not defeat my character. The real question is will Jack fail again?”
“Jack didn’t fail, Evan. He drove you out of Nodlon. He destroyed your lair in the Ninth Ring, and he stopped your invasion of Nodlon. You can paint lipstick on that pig if you like, but Nimrod’s had to retreat twice.”
“Kevin, do you have to make it sound that way? I may be a black dwarf, but I’m not the Black Dwarf. Nimrod and I have nothing in common.”
“Come on, Evan, I thought you were a method actor.”
“Arrgh, Kevin, you are impossible!”
“Oh, well that explains a lot,” Kevin grinned, “but what about the barbecue?”
“Kevin, the Black Dwarf’s plot is called Tambora not tandoori. Tambora is a volcano. You’re thinking of that tandoori chicken we had last week at Maharajah’s Indian Buffet.”
“Yeah, yeah, that place is great! You wanna get some take out.”
“After work, Kevin! Can you focus? We’ve got to finish up here first.”
“Right, right, so what can you tell us about Tambora?”
“Nothing will I dare say. That would be telling! It’s a spoiler.”
“Warlocks, volcanoes, and dwarves, oh, my!” cried Kevin. “What will you do next?”
“Good question, Kevin. What will the wicked warlock do next? Does it have anything to do with the Yellow Stone?”
“Oh no!” cried Kevin in a silly tone. “What about the war with Mars? Can Jack and Shotgun stop it?”
“Kevin, will Shotgun see Goldie and his little girls again?!”
“Evan, will Jack marry Jazz or become a hero sandwich?”
“Not if the Black Dwarf can help it. Nimrod will grind Jack into Swiss cheese and deliver him in a robo-cab.” Evan intoned melodramatically.
“What about the subplots? What happened to Virginia? And will the biots ever be free?”
“Find out in Cretaceous Clay & The Yellow Stone, the next exciting adventure in the Chronicles of Cretaceous Clay!”
“Cut,” yelled the potbellied man in the fishing hat.
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Biots Are People Too!
Acknowledgements
Few books come to the market without the help of more than a few people.
First, I would very much like to thank you, my Gentle Reader, for sharing my passion for Cretaceous Clay and all of his friends. Jack was one of my boyhood friends and I’m glad to know others like him too.
My heartfelt thanks go out to my family who made mighty sacrifices to keep us afloat.
Thanks also go to my real-time friends for their encouragement.
Thanks go to my on-line friends for their support. Twitter friends from Texas to Britain to New Zealand tweet us. Friends in Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, Norway, and the Philippines tweet us! We’re all over the world! Without these wonderful people, no one would know about Jack Clay.
Special thanks go to David Caldwell for providing a detailed list of seventeen typos and several suggestions. My editor, Tina, provided invaluable assistance.
Last but not least, I must acknowledge the former and current occupants of the White House who gave me plenty of incentive to follow my dreams. Though, I suspect they could not have written these novels without me.
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