WHACK JOB

When world leaders burst into flame like a string of firecrackers, the President calls on a renegade former agent with a history of mental problems. Otto Aardvark White possesses a unique quality. He s lucky. What Otto discovers in the mountains of Colorado will blow your mind and change the way you look at the world. Mike Baron s Whack Job is pretty freaking brilliant. -James Owen Mike Baron writes like the bastard offspring of James Crumley and Rex Miller, in prose so hardboiled you ll break a tooth. -Jeff Marriote Mike Baron brings his limitless imagination to prose with a fast-moving tale that feels like an action movie captured in type. -Paul Levitz_,