Suave, hard, devil-may-care, an ex-agent, the best that ever was. A man who takes on the dark realms, the hidden corners, the places where things lurk, things that live only in our imaginations, things that just should not be. A man who walks into trouble and says, “Into battle, murder and sudden death, good Lord, deliver me, right up to the neck.” A man who doesn't need a license to kill. A man who is the weapon of last resort. When they've run out of options, they call him back. No debates, no hand wringing, just get it done.That man is…Maxim Gunn.MAXIM GUNN: FOUR, FIVE, SIX is an omnibus collecting the second three previously published novels featuring the larger than life man of intrigue created by Nicholas Boving. Presented in this special edition by Pro Se Productions, this omnibus is the second of two, marking Pro Se as the new home for Boving's modern Pulp hero. Thrill as if it were the first time to THE STOLEN WATERS, THE SUN FORTRESS, and THE LEOPARD LEGION- in one collection. MAXIM GUNN: FOUR, FIVE, SIX by Nicholas Boving from Pro Se Productions.
Think about a man: suave, hard, devil-may-care, an ex-agent, the best that ever was. Call him MAXIM GUNN. Think about the dark realms, the hidden corners, the places where things lurk, things that live only in our imaginations, things that just should not be. Think about priceless jewels with unearthly powers, demons controlled by computers and psychotic madmen who want to rule the world. Think about a man who walks into trouble and says, "Into battle, murder and sudden death, good Lord, deliver me, right up to the neck." Some agents may have a license to kill, but Maxim Gunn doesn't need one. Gunn is the weapon of last resort. When they've run out of options, they call him back. No debates, no hand wringing, just get it done. And he does. MAXIM GUNN: THE FIRST THREE is an omnibus collecting the first three novels featuring the larger than life man of intrigue created by Nicholas Boving. Presented in this special edition by Pro Se Productions, this omnibus is the first of two, marking Pro Se as the new home for Boving's modern Pulp hero. Thrill as if it were the first time to Gunn's first three adventures- THE CHAOS PROJECT, THE DEMON PLAN, and THE SERPENT FORCE- in one collection. MAXIM GUNN: THE FIRST THREE by Nicholas Boving from Pro Se Productions.
There is nothing as terrifying as horror on a bright sunny day. It is out of place. It is unimaginable, and evil is alive and well. Demons exist. I know, for I have seen them. I have fought them and they are very real. An over-worked executive takes a sabbatical at a monastery on a Grecian island; but what was intended as a retreat, turns into a wild nightmare as he finds himself allied with the Abbot in a deadly battle against a coven of Satanists staying at a remote villa.
“Malthorpe is about to go down in history as the most gruesome town this country has ever seen. I'm going to make Malthorpe the horror story of the century.”“Why are you doing this?” For the briefest of moments the schoolmaster saw the master look out through his servant's eyes. And he was afraid. “Because I can. It is a divertissement. I am bored.”“But why Malthorpe?”“It is the end of the road, literally. It exists in a societal vacuum. Events can occur in Malthorpe with the outside world being unaware. No one comes to Malthorpe; there is no reason to. It can be therefore my laboratory experiment. Call it a selfish whim. I want my very own private hell here on Earth. Other places are splendidly qualified, but Malthorpe is, well, special in that it is stultifyingly dull. It has the special qualification of being suitable as a tabula rasa upon which I can write my desires.”
A novel of decline, redemption, violence, love and loss. Virgil Conlan lives in a violent world. He is an environmental terrorist, although the description would bother him, for he sees himself as the protector of the world's beauty. He also knows he has a destiny he cannot escape. The story is the biographer's exploration of a man: rude, sexist, domineering, at times almost mystical, a contrary man, and yet capable of extraordinary tenderness, inter spaced with four action chapters in which he successfully sabotages an off-shore mining dredge in the Chilean islands, wrecks a destructive mining operation in the Rocky Mountains, and brings a logging operation to a halt in British Columbia. It is also a love story, and culminates violently in a contracted attempt on Conlan's life, and his return to Chile to finish the uncompleted job: his rendezvous at the disputed barricade.
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