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Book Review: Geek Mafia

Hey, everyone. I read a different kind of book the other day. The title is Geek Mafia, by Rick Dakan. I downloaded it as an ebook via Stanza, which is an excellent source of free ebooks. The actual ebook came from Feedbooks, through the Stanza app. Rick's books are for sale on Amazon, also. Now that all that is out of the way, I'll give you the recipe for this novel.
Paul Reynolds is a comic book illustrator and creator. He is on the outs with some 'friends' whom he had joined in a business venture, striving to create a video game from Paul's successful independent comic called Metropolis 2.0. Unfortunately, Paul's bosom buddies have decided to fire him from the loose corporation which he had founded. Worse still, he is to be cut loose without a dime of compensation. A side note here. The writer has a background in the comics industry, I believe. I wonder if he has had an unpleasant experience? Stupid for me to think this because I write about a lot of things that, thank God, has not happened to me. Anyway, Paul is getting blasted in a bar in preparation for his dismissal interview when a lady with pink hair walks in. She is quite attractive and to Paul's surprise, the two have drinks and small-talk. The lady, Chloe, feels that she can help Paul get some settlement money out of his partners. When she masterfully manipulates the men who are about to fire Paul, Chloe and Paul become more than friendly.
Chloe is the leader of an odd group of folks who have varied skills with the predominate one being the ability to run a good con. Paul is fascinated with the girl, the group and their lifestyle. They pride themselves as being untrackable, having taken great pains to erase their true identities from the 'system'. One thing is for sure, Paul's life is changed forever.
I won't tell you any more, lest I ruin it for you. I found it different from the normal books I read. I love that the setting of the book is in California, which is one of my favorite areas. I love Chloe, because she is the type of femme fatale which I enjoy in my own novels, particularly Karina in KGB Retirement Program. I rate this novel as 4 stars out of 5.
Geek Mafia is the first novel in a trilogy about the same characters, as I understand. Moments ago I downloaded the second in the series from Feedbooks. You may be interested to know that the author has his own blog, which I found to be interesting and informative. It is at Rick Dakan.com
From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.

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