Bøger af David Yurkovich

Yeah, yeah. We know what you're thinking. 1974. Period piece. And, judging by the cover, a little happy-go-lucky kid's story. Didn't your teachers ever tell you not to judge a book by its cover? Okay, sure. It's a cheery tale . . . at times. And yeah, it's set in the early '70s. Kudos to you, Baker Street. Ya figured it all out! Except, of course, for the corpse buried in the neighbor's yard that the boys decided to dig up, UFO sightings, Bigfoot stories, a haunted portrait hidden deep in the attic, first kisses (gross, right?), AM radio contests, midnight horror movie marathons, suppositories that look suspiciously like candy, Marvel comics, walkie-talkies, baseball cards, a haunted forest, a bonafide Ouija board, tick-tacking (we'll assume you have no idea what that's about), a showdown with the town bully, and yes, bicycles with big, bright banana seats. Look at those silhouetted kids on the front cover. Cruising around on their bikes. Fun, right? Fun being nine. Got news for you, pal. It sucks being nine. Well, sometimes. Other times, yeah, it's freakin' awesome. Weren't you a kid once? But don't take our word for it, skip past the frontmatter (such a stupid word) and turn to Chapter 1. It's only eight pages. Correction . . . eight totally amazing, thrill-a-sentence pages. Do it. We all know you've got nothing better to do at this exact moment. And who knows? You might even learn a thing or two.

How much would you sacrifice in the name of loyalty? Otis Oppenheimer never once asked himself this question.He should have.Young, and eager to impress, Otis knew that he was being pulled into something special when, in 1986, he and a dozen fellow agents were handpicked by Ronald Reagan and assigned to the Commander-in-Chief's secret pet project the Glass Onion initiative.The GO team's task seemed simple. Spread across the globe, Otis and his agency colleagues were plunged into a search for a mythical onion sculpted in glass. The glass talisman offered its owner a window into the future. Reagan and Pentagon officials knew that a superpower with the ability tosee tomorrow would be the unquestionable world leader in the dawning new century. The Gipper believed that the onion was within reach. So did the loyal members of team GO.Two decades into the search, Reagan is dead but his dream venture lives on in the new millennium, much to the chagrin of those who find themselves ensnared in a go-nowhere assignment from which resignation is not an option. The GO team members-those who have not burned out or perishedare bitter, exhausted, and disenfranchised.None more so than Oppenheimer.Years of deception and layers of subterfuge have made Otis a stranger to his wife and child. He has seen friends driven mad by the mission, brilliant minds ground to fine powder. The GO team is not alone in its casualties, for other nations have also joined the hunt.The long search is nearly over. Centuries without a master, the glass onion longs to share its many secrets. But can something so elusive truly remain captive for long?Glass Onion, an espionage thriller with a supernatural slant, is the debut novel by graphic novelist David Yurkovich, whose works of graphic fiction include Less Than Heroes, Altercations, and Death by Chocolate: Redux.