Publishers Weekly
06/22/2020
Hanks packs his pulpy, energetic debut with gritty violence, snazzy super-science, and high-flying adventure. Though the year is 1952, sometimes it feels as if WWII never ended for former Royal Air Force pilot Samantha “Sam” Moxley. She can’t relax as long as the evil government agency known only as the Nine are still out there, bent on capturing high-powered mythological artifacts and using them to take over the world. Sam’s former lover, Agent Jack Taylor, recently betrayed her to work for the Nine. Now Sam must race Taylor and “his sneering sidekick” Smith to recover a pair of magical relics rumored to open a legendary repository of knowledge and technology. Hanks’s plot-driven tale careens from New York City to the Paris catacombs, Egypt, Atlantis, and beyond. Twists aplenty, dastardly villains, and bombastic fight scenes combine to make this perfect popcorn entertainment. Fans of old-fashioned pulp adventure are sure to enjoy. Agent: Sara Megibow, KT Literary. (Sept.)
From the Publisher
"Hanks packs his pulpy, energetic debut with gritty violence, snazzy super-science, and high-flying adventure."
– Publishers Weekly
“A serious creative talent and all-round nice guy.”
– Andrew Patrick, Former CEO, British Film Commission
"It's a giddy, white-knuckled ride to the very end.”
– R.W.W. Greene, author of The Light Years
“Dan Hanks delivers a rip-roaring pulp adventure full of supernatural artefacts and boobytraps, insurmountable odds, and irredeemable villains."
– Michael F. Haspil, author of Graveyard Shift
"So cinematic, you can taste the buttered popcorn."
– S.A. Sidor, Fury from the Tomb
"Move over Indiana Jones, Captain Moxley has arrived and she won’t ask you twice!"
– Amanda Bridgeman, author of The Subjugate
"Can a book at once beg for a prequel as much as a sequel?"
– Chris Panatier, author of The Phlebotomist
"Buckle up and enjoy the ride!"
– Michael J. Martinez, author of The Daedalus Incident
"Hanks forces us to suspend reality, embrace the chaotic ride and revel in the fun-factor."
- Nils Shukla, Fantasy Hive
"Rolls along at break-neck pace...like a novelisation of a hit movie you never saw"
- Starburst Magazine
