This novel opens with Monks, a doctor, being kidnapped by a group of hard core militia. At least that's what they seem to me. America is the enemy here. The leader is a psychopath named Freeboot, who is an expert brainwasher. He's made almost to seem inhuman. His 4-year old son is diabetic a...
He followed head first, squeezing his way painfully through the narrow cut-out. There was only about a foot of room between the cold earth and the floor joists. He managed to reach back up and pull the cabinet doors closed. Then he rolled onto his belly and wormed his way forward, pushing Mandrak...
The street was lined with distinctly unglamorous cars, the sidewalk cracked and gummy. The apartment windows were not open to the light and filled with plants, like in some of the city’s other areas. Most were heavily curtained. In the entry, there was an old intercom system that looked defunct. ...
She was on her living room couch, sail dressed, covered by a quilt. The clock read 3:53 A.M. She had gotten home from Mendocino less than an hour earlier, exhausted. The bedroom had seemed too far away. She said, “Hello?” For several seconds, there was no sound but faint static. “Hello,” she said...
But as I walked to the door of the “VIP Room,” the thumb of my free hand slipped casually into the pocket of my jeans and touched the button of the clicker device he’d given me. If Kelso was alone in there, then I was going to assume it was just him and Cynthia. There was an outside chance of som...