SO HOW FAST IS FAST?
THIS is a gripe: Whenever I travel the highways nowadays, everyone seems to be speeding except me, creating a definitely dangerous situation. I mean, when the sign says “Speed Limit 55 mph” does that really mean minimum speed? What’s with the need to speed far in excess of the speed limit not just on freeways (hey, is this really Germany and the Autobahn?) but in urban and even suburban areas. Is it really a 3 year olds responsibility to watch out for speeding cars? Or is everyone on speed (I sometimes actually wonder).
But it’s more than highways and byways. I’m also talking “Fast Eddies,” characters in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by celebrated author Raymond Gaynor (aka actor Daniel S. Janik) — https://savant-bookstore-honolulu.squ... — who range from child conmen or conwomen to professional con artists, always looking for a faster, easier, instant financial reward. The “Big One.” Not that these characters only exist in my latest Amazon genre bestselling novel. Nope. They readily populate my and the readers’ universe under a whole passel of functional names: identity thieves, credit card number hustlers, cloud-hackers, pushers, drug dealers, gaming “entrepreneurs,” human traffickers…you name it. They all do, however, fit under the broad rubric of “criminal” (or the more alluring term,”outlaw”) of which organized criminals, the “businesspersons” of organized crime, are perhaps the worst, being fully aware of the damage they will inflict but immune to any sense of responsibility.
So, what about the “Fast Eddies” in the probable future world existing at THE EDGE OF MADNESS? All I can say, avoiding a spoiler, is “Taking up where TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese left off, NewAmerica, a shadow of its former United States of America, provides a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.” What becomes of youth living in a world of Fast Eddies, or, let’s just say it as it is, criminals, seemingly on the fastback to wealth and power? As Lewis Carroll, author of ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND might say, “Read me.”
The Edge of Madness
THE EDGE OF MADNESS is available in printed, digital and audiobook formats, and has been purchased by K. Simmons Productions for manga, animation and cinematic treatment.
But it’s more than highways and byways. I’m also talking “Fast Eddies,” characters in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by celebrated author Raymond Gaynor (aka actor Daniel S. Janik) — https://savant-bookstore-honolulu.squ... — who range from child conmen or conwomen to professional con artists, always looking for a faster, easier, instant financial reward. The “Big One.” Not that these characters only exist in my latest Amazon genre bestselling novel. Nope. They readily populate my and the readers’ universe under a whole passel of functional names: identity thieves, credit card number hustlers, cloud-hackers, pushers, drug dealers, gaming “entrepreneurs,” human traffickers…you name it. They all do, however, fit under the broad rubric of “criminal” (or the more alluring term,”outlaw”) of which organized criminals, the “businesspersons” of organized crime, are perhaps the worst, being fully aware of the damage they will inflict but immune to any sense of responsibility.
So, what about the “Fast Eddies” in the probable future world existing at THE EDGE OF MADNESS? All I can say, avoiding a spoiler, is “Taking up where TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese left off, NewAmerica, a shadow of its former United States of America, provides a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.” What becomes of youth living in a world of Fast Eddies, or, let’s just say it as it is, criminals, seemingly on the fastback to wealth and power? As Lewis Carroll, author of ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND might say, “Read me.”
The Edge of Madness
THE EDGE OF MADNESS is available in printed, digital and audiobook formats, and has been purchased by K. Simmons Productions for manga, animation and cinematic treatment.
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