Full Asylum

The economy has crashed (again), the Nanny State is out of control, and software engineer Gimbel O'Hare just wants to do his job. Not easy, given that his boss is out to get him, the Department of Justice has him under surveillance, and one of his co-workers is suing him for sexual harassment. He finds refuge from the stress by indulging in spy movies; his obsession with Jon Dunn, Secret Agent Beta-11, leads him on an off-the-wall journey around metro-Washington, from the ruins of a once fashionable mall, to a psychiatric ward in a military hospital, to the office of the Attorney General of the United States. With the help of redheaded amazon Cheri Tarte ("the perfect combination of sweet and tangy"), Gimbel is on the trail of a dangerous - and possibly imaginary - conspiracy to steal a presidential election and fundamentally transform America.

Michael Isenberg has had a checkered career as a Six Sigma Black Belt, weapons merchant, astrophysicist, and manufacturer of cigarette butts. He resides in New England with 844 books and an elderly cat that bites people.