Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988222507 ISBN 13: 9780988222502

Publisher: Knuckleball Press, 2012

A laugh-out-loud comedy/thriller. He is called El Barquero. He makes his trade along the border, smuggling guns and killing without remorse. Faced with one last mission, his perfect plan is unwittingly foiled by Avery, a paranoid loner obsessed with global conspiracy theories who spends most of his time crafting absurd and threatening letters to anyone who offends him. That means pretty much everyone. What unfolds is a dark comedy of madcap adventure stretching from Austin to the West Texas border featuring a lunatic band of civilian border militia, a group of Bingo crazed elderly ladies (one packing a pistol nearly as long as her arm), a murderous and double-crossing cartel boss, a burned out hippy and a crotchety retired doctor and his pugnacious French bulldog. Read it to believe it.

About the Author:

Stephen Randel, CFA, was born in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Texas Christian University. Steve now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife and their two rescue dogs.