Lee Hacklyn Private Investigator in Town Hell Book Two Defending Revolution

By John Leister

Revolution, New York State, 1977.

 

Lee's head is literally on the chopping block as the insane Mayor of Revolution,

a small town in upstate New York, assumes total domination over the townsfolk.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Leister
• Release date: Oct 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223626398

Book preview

CHAPTER ONE

Darkness.

Adios, Corporeal Existence.

Not yet, My son.

Oh, what a Voice that is.

Warm.  Paternal.  Loving.

I’m a Believer, I couldn’t leave Him, if I tried...

Until my eyes opened.

What a wonderful dream.  Right?  Right?

I just wasn’t ready, yet.

Welcome to Revolution.

I saw a Bat Signal-bright light above my head.  My greeter must’ve noticed my discomfort, because he turned it off.

Yes, you’re alive.  Congratulations.  In case you’re wondering, you’re at Revolution General.  What we like to call Rev-Gen.  I’m Doctor Hector Strange.  Everybody calls me Doc Heck."

We shook hands.  Ouch.

He was in his mid-sixties, clean-shaven and his eyes reflected a huge helping of sadness; and a dollop of hope.

Nobody calls you Doctor Strange?

Sounds too much like a James Bond villain.

Or a Marvel Comics character.

A what?

Can I still play football?

With an abundance of skepticism, which I loved, he asked me, Did you ever?

Sure.  I was All-American.  Did I say football?  I meant foosball.

I was lying in a hospital bed, obviously.  My head was throbbing and my chest and ribs felt like they’d been stepped on by Babar the Elephant.

Doctor Strange, heh, said, You have what we like to call a mild concussion, a thumb-sized crack in your sternum and two broken ribs.  You were in Slumberland for three days.  All things considered, you’re lucky to be alive.  Is there anything you’d like to tell about yourself, in terms of pre-existing medical conditions?

Asthma.  That kept out of the Army.  And excessive testosterone.  That kept me out of the girl’s locker room in high school.

Oh, there’s no shortage of that in Revolution.  You’ve made quite a splash in our sleepy, little town.

Where are my best friends?

Hm?

My guns.

"Oh, Chief Tubbs has them.  Like I said, you’re lucky.  A bar maid called the police while you were under siege by the Mayor’s son and his fellow thugs.  I think her name’s Mandy.  You’re lucky the deputies that showed up didn’t join in.  They’re all friends, those guys, they all work for