JUSTAN AUTOR
Volume 1: VANITY
A Satirical Historical Adventure of Amnesia & Mistaken Identity
THE PARTICULARS OF A GRAND DISASTER
1791. Switzerland. Revolution roars at the borders. A fragile Confederacy trembles. Somewhere between the Alps and anarchy, a nameless fugitive races for his life with a secret that could stop it all.
There’s just one problem: a blow to the head wipes his memory clean..
The Pursuit: Hunted by enemies he can’t even remember.
The Comedy: Outwitted by peasants & fowl, undone by his own vanity & folly.
The Stakes: A ticking time bomb of amnesia while a nation sits on a powder keg.
INSUFFERABLE, Blundering,
Ludicrously Bold...
he might — just might — change the course of history... provided his colossal vanity doesn’t doom them all first.
Editorial Praise
All he wants is a hot bath, a clean cravat, and to never see a dung-heap again. What he gets is a one-way trip to the gallows.
Switzerland. 1791. Conspiracy tears through the Confederacy. WANTED posters plaster every village. A nameless fugitive races for Zürich, clutching a scroll that could prevent war.
Alas, a blow to the head erases his past, his purpose, and — nay! — his common sense, too. Now washed up in a rural backwater hell, he’s convinced of one thing alone: he is meant for a life of exquisite luxury, not domestic drudgery. Natch, his past comes a-calling: assassins, bounty hunters, and a French invasion are all closing in. And as he bumbles through ambushes, cannonballs, and disasters aplenty, the ultimate irony dawns: the WANTED traitor may be the fool in the mirror.
Insufferable, blundering, and ludicrously bold, he might just change the course of history — provided his colossal vanity doesn’t doom them all first.
“Glory, jest, and riddle of the world!” — Alexander Pope
He’s hunting a traitor. There’s just one problem: it might be him.
"The tension in the story is driven by the unyielding pursuit of the protagonist by a relentless group of enemies, creating an atmosphere thick with danger and uncertainty.."
"The protagonist is intricately developed. The reader gleans insights into his character from his actions and reactions—his fierce determination to survive."
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History, Mystery, & Misadventure Collide!
