Michael Brooks, recent college graduate, amateur weed dealer, ex-Hoosier and Chicago transplant, comes to in a rat-infested alley with his head pounding, clutching a wooden board like he loves it. Beautiful Ellie, in her short, silk robe, drifts out of Michael's concussed mind making way for the reality he must face: His new apartment? Broken into. His weed? Taken. Money? Gone. Black-eyed and unable to reach his girl, Michael wanders the city wielding a plastic mop and fifty-year-old dictionary in search of the real criminals who took all he had.
Daron Pearce grew up in a patch of woods surrounded by corn fields outside of Galveston, Indiana. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, by way of Chicago, and has a degree in Creative Writing from Purdue University. After years of traveling the world, living life and bartending, he has now turned to writing for real. This is his first book and introduction to the series.