Heist – a robbery, often involving an elaborate plan, a crew of specialists, and some unexpected complications that send it all to hell and back.
My fast-paced, action packed cyberpunk crime thriller novella is now back with a second printing (and a new pseudonym from my part) thanks to the lovely folks at Black Hare Press.
Originally published in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown (and during my first parental leave), Heist is a 38,000 word novella that takes us to a gritty, dystopian near future, and over the shoulder of an elaborate robbery on the city’s SKYWAY – a glowing blue superhighway high above the towering cityscape.
The book puts us over the shoulder of BARKER, a hardened career criminal, who finds himself broke and recovering after a job goes bad.
While convalescing, a mysterious woman from his past – MEERA – finds him and makes him an offer he cannot refuse. Revenge, and enough money to get out of the game.
All he has to do is pull off an impossible heist.
To make it happen, he’ll have to assemble a killer team, put together a master plan, and hope it all goes off without a hitch.
The one wild card is Richter, an inside woman who they need to pull it off and whose loyalties as questionable at best.
It’s a tale that moves a mile a minute, and hits you before you know what’s happened.
It’s good fun, wild, and never lets up. If you’re a fan of classic crime noirs from the likes of RICHARD STARK or the setting and worldbuilding of folks like RICHARC K. MORGAN, you’ll find yourself right at home in Heist‘s dystopian vision for the future.