NOV 18: JACK STARKEY, DRONE PILOT

James Bond. Jack Ryan. Jason Bourne. While all three have thrilled readers with their exploits, their time has passed. The time has come for a new literary hero, one who represents 21^st century realities and concerns.

That hero has arrived.

 From the fertile imagination of author Lionel Helms comes JACK STARKEY, DRONE PILOT.

Check out all four exciting JACK STARKEY adventures!

D IS FOR DRONE AND FOR DEATH!

In his first adventure, Jack Starkey is on the verge of his record one-hundredth confirmed kill when his wife, Ellen, calls to ask him if he can make it home early because the electrician is coming to fix the wiring in the hot tub. To make matters worse, someone’s been stealing the soda out of Jack’s lunch bag in the breakroom. Can Jack catch the thief, appease his wife, AND reign fiery death down upon the enemies of freedom? Find out in the debut novel that the Library Journal called ‘a recent release.’

D IS ALSO FOR DANGER

After eliminating a high-priority target, Starkey feels like he’s earned a treat…but when the drink machine in the break room eats his dollar, it’s a race against the clock to get a refund before another target is spotted and Starkey is called back to action. “Everything we…in a book,” says The New York Times.

DID I MENTION THAT D IS FOR DIVORCE?

When Ellen tells him she feels the distance between them growing the morning after his commander ups his kill quota, Starkey will have to think fast if he’s going to hold on to everything he holds dear. “Unexpectedly sexual,” says the New Republic, “packed with…scenes of...that you’ll need to read to believe.”

STARKEY’S SABBATICAL

Following his smash debut, Starkey returns for another adventure. Taken off active duty after an ill-timed sneeze at the stick leads to the death of 100 Afghani school children, Starkey is looking forward to catching up on Boardwalk Empire. But when his wife, Ellen, asks him to get rid of the wasps in the attic, Starkey stumbles across some old photo albums and discovers that sometimes, memory lane leads down the darkest alleys. The New York Times raves, “Starkey is a…character.”