Bøger af Victor Giannini

Every villain thinks they're a hero. Tonight, Timothy Dune must be both. This is a night of secrets, of vengeance, of plots revealed and lost loves found. This is a world on fire, where war is forever, dark forces no longer need to hide, and a lost generation struggles to find purpose amidst the collapse. In the suburban ruins of Sponge Island, once an American paradise, the devils run. Tim has watched his idyllic home decay into a gentrified vista of private estates for vapid, hungry outsiders. His idealistic young soul disintegrates as he slowly loses everyone he loves-his father, swallowed by the poisoned ocean-his mother, victim of a broken heart-and then his girlfriend Tracy, to an overdose... or maybe suicide. Survivor's guilt is only compounded by Tim's belief that a childhood curse is the cause of all this loss and torment. After offending an unknown, alien god, he was doomed to spread chaos and death to anyone he loves. Years later, he's broken, angry, and alone. Barely clinging to sanity, a dormant sense of loyalty keeps Tim functioning, alive without a life. The Curse strikes again, sparing him but striking at Barry Cameron, his closest friend and Tracy's older brother. But this time, Tim can defy fate. To save Barry, he must fulfill a wish that will destroy their friendship forever. Too broken to live, but too angry to die, Tim summons his last shreds of honor to save Barry, himself, and Tracy's legacy, no matter the cost. But success demands help from dangerous friends and foes-Julio, a one-eyed, psychotic genius, a local legend on a secret mission involving Tim's childhood nemesis, Lucas Boil, a sadistic veteran who delights in tormenting Tim's fraying mind. Tonight, Tim must be hostage to weird strangers, trusting liars, gazing beyond the veil into the cosmos, facing the gods who ruined his life. Julio's own mission leads him further from Barry but closer to a redemption he's run from since Tracy's death. Counselor, a new novel by Victor Giannini, is a raw journey into the human heart. Reality bends to the point of breaking as the gang fights toward a new nightmarish dawn. This is the devil's run, and it demands a sacrifice. Can Tim save his friends, when forced to choose which ones must die?

Scott Alvin can't live with himself. Returning home from near death at a drive-by shooting, Scott finds his roommate, Jase, talking to... Scott Alvin. Jase, a burnout pot-dealing tattoo artist, assumes this other Scott must be a twin. No such luck. This Scott Two is something else, and he's none too pleased with the way that Scott Alvin's life-or, rather, their life-has gone. Existential ennui has replaced the orgy of their youth far too soon. From skateboarding girl-swooning partier to their current state as stagnant, complacent, baked-out pornography tech gurus, the new Scott Two has plans to change. The problem for Scott Alvin is that Scott Two has the freedom to do everything they never did. To make radical changes in all aspects. To use Scott's bed, his clothes, to hang out with his friends, and to go after his lover, all while using his face and not even paying the rent! One thing's clear-you can only tolerate so much of yourself before things turn nasty. This world just isn't big enough for two Scott Alvins. Scott Too by Victor Giannini, magical realism set in Brooklyn, is a novella about living with your "better" self, who just happens to use your stuff, your bed, your girlfriend, and who slowly begins to appropriate your past until you feel like you no longer truly exist. Hey, what can go wrong?