J C Macek III

The Pretty Good and Pretty Representative Stories of J.C. Macek III J C Macek III

Jake Slater, P. I. is back! In "The Pestilence of Spring", Slater matches wits with the murderous costumed criminal Spring-heeled Jack, who is determined to bring the city to its knees. Joining Jake in this collection of twelve are the interstellar adventurers of the Lobo Maru as they battle an obsessed star captain, survive an extraordinary terrorist attack and find themselves on a remote, backwards world. Amid tales of grieving families, a mysterious island and an enigmatic murder case, a superhero is forced to raid a militant compound as the unlikely savior of his main rival, an evil dictator faces his final fall, two malevolent sea creatures claim their planet as their own and a lonely space traveler faces his tragic past. All of that, plus the lost epilogue from Seven Days to Die: A Jake Slater Mystery.