Naked Defiance: A Comedy of Menace

Naked Defiance is the story of a turn–of–the–century radical art group and its charismatic leader, written by one of its members, Florian Moore (probably a pseudonym), and which lands on the desk of novelist / editor Patrik Sampler, tasked with preparing Moore's manuscript for publication.

Unfolding as a report on an investigation into the death of the group's leader Ganbold Mirzoyan while in police custody, Naked Defiance is a mystery about a series of public performances staged by the eponymous group, and the increasingly disturbing disruptions that its own interventions become subjected to.

A compelling story telling laced with dark social comedy,Naked Defiance is Patrik Sampler's second novel.The Ocean Container, a dystopian eco-fiction, was published in 2017. He lives in the Vancouver area.