Blurb: When security specialist Sean A.P. Ryan
agrees to protect actress Mira Nikolic at a Science Fiction convention, he
thinks it can't be all bad. It's only a three-day weekend with some colorful
characters in costumes.
But Sean is hardly prepared for what awaits him; the costumes, the fanboys, the freaks and geeks are only the beginning. There are actors with attitude problems, writers with rabies, and how do you spot an assassin when everyone is wearing a mask?
This doesn't even account for the real threats. When his client left Europe, she had been a figure of peace in a region that didn't want it. Now that she's an international celebrity, factions from the old country see her as the start of a reunion tour, with guns. Not only that, but she is being stalked by Middle Earth's Most Wanted Elven Assassin; he thinks that the actress is actually an Elven princess, and will do anything to prove it to her, including murder.
And what is that body doing in the middle of the vendor's floor with a sword-cane through his chest?
But Sean is hardly prepared for what awaits him; the costumes, the fanboys, the freaks and geeks are only the beginning. There are actors with attitude problems, writers with rabies, and how do you spot an assassin when everyone is wearing a mask?
This doesn't even account for the real threats. When his client left Europe, she had been a figure of peace in a region that didn't want it. Now that she's an international celebrity, factions from the old country see her as the start of a reunion tour, with guns. Not only that, but she is being stalked by Middle Earth's Most Wanted Elven Assassin; he thinks that the actress is actually an Elven princess, and will do anything to prove it to her, including murder.
And what is that body doing in the middle of the vendor's floor with a sword-cane through his chest?
AUTHOR BIO: Declan
Finn lives in a part of New York City unreachable by bus or subway. Who's Who has no record of him, his
family, or his education. He has been trained in hand to hand combat and
weapons at the most elite schools in Long Island, and figured out nine ways to
kill with a pen when he was only fifteen. He escaped a free man from
Fordham University's PhD program, and has been on the run ever since.
There was a brief incident where he was branded a terrorist, but only a
court order can unseal those records, and realloy, why would you want to know? It Was Only On Stun! is
his first novel
MINI REVIEW: I'd like to preface by saying that I am a picky reader who has been known to put down books even by best-selling novelists. However, I have
to be honest—despite the con setting and the humor,
this really wasn’t my kind of book. By the third chapter, I was convinced that the MC was a sociaopath
with a violent temper, and I could not see how the other characters thought he
was a level-headed guy who would avoid a fight if possible. He reminded me more of my son’s bounty hunter
on Star Wars: the Old Republic than a contemporary Mal Reynolds.
Having said that, however, I can say this book promises the
excitement of a first-person shooter game, and some fun scenes. Declan Finn has a wry wit and definitely
knows how to craft a good—and logical—fight scene. I give him BIG KUDOS for that. The premise looks to be a
lot of fun, as well. I’d suggest
checking out the blurb at http://apiusman.blogspot.com/2011/05/fcbd-story-one-way-to-stay-out-of-jail.html and judging for yourself.
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Keep off my back, Uncle Sam, notice: I received an electronic review copy of this book for free.
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