Thursday, April 30, 2009

Province of Bohemia, The European Union


Today, I had an interview that was more for knowledge than thrills. I interviewed David Allen Forbes who is in the middle of writing his second book, Castles of Zombie War: The Continent. This would be the subject of out interview, castles. During the time of the infection Forbes found refuge Windsor. He told me about how castles with high walls and people could defend themselves. The problem comes when they run out of food. He told me that they would raid other castles in the winter for supplies. How could they live with that on their conscience? At this point, I'm sure they were so scared they were willing to do anything. As he described Windsor I became amazed. From a defensive standpoint it was almost perfect, it had thirteen acres of land, its own well for water, and enough storage space for ten years of rations. Most importantly, there was an oil rig near buy. The engineers who lived at Windsor built a contraption to bring the oil into the castle which was highly successful. They used the oil to burn zombies that fell into a pit, but their main source of killing was from medieval weapons. He used a claymore, a difficult weapon to master. As I interview more people it seems as though those that survived had to be resourceful and back to the "old school" way of fighting.

1 comment:

Jack Stamets said...

“Windsor would have been an amazing place to live during the zombie pandemic. It had everything you could possibly need while in the castle. I would feel extremely safe living in Windsor, unlike the other castles described in the book.”