From an author who is âlike Quentin Tarantino on paper,â a thriller featuring a special agent on a mission to uncover a conspiracy (New York Timesâbestselling author Kevin J. Anderson).  When world leaders burst into flame like a string of firecrackers, the President calls on a renegade former agent with a history of mental problems. Otto âAardvarkâ White possesses a unique quality. Heâs lucky. What Otto discovers in the mountains of Colorado will blow your mind and change the way you look at the world.  âMike Baronâs Whack Job is pretty freaking brilliant.â âJames A. Owen, award-winning author of the Chronicles of Imaginarium Geographica series  âMike Baron writes like the bastard offspring of James Crumley and Rex Miller, in prose so hardboiled you'll break a tooth.â âJeff Marriote, award-winning author of the Las Vegas series  âMike Baron brings his limitless imagination to prose with a fast-moving tale that feels like an action movie captured in type.â âPaul Levitz, Eisner award winning author of Unfinished Business