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KEN RAND
This mainstream thriller from the late Ken Rand was completed before his passing. It recalls Rand's own insider experience with auto daredevil shows in the 1970s and 1980s.
Just as devastating medical bills are about to force the Ian McGinnis Auto Daredevil Thrill Show into bankruptcy, a tire company dangles a huge sponsorship that could save the show and family fortunes. But, of course, there's a catch. . .
Ian must do it to save his family, but it could kill him — or the young motorcycle stunt rider who has fallen in love with his daughter.
- August 2021 978-1-933846-15-6
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This mainstream thriller from the late Ken Rand was completed before his passing. It recalls Rand's own insider experience with auto daredevil shows in the 1970s and 1980s.
Just as devastating medical bills are about to force the Ian McGinnis Auto Daredevil Thrill Show into bankruptcy, a tire company dangles a huge sponsorship that could save the show and family fortunes. But, of course, there's a catch. . .
Ian must do it to save his family, but it could kill him — or the young motorcycle stunt rider who has fallen in love with his daughter.
"To put it succinctly, in Dare, Ken Rand does for stunt car drivers what John Grisham does for lawyers. He combines a genuinely likeable protagonist, a gripping family saga, and his deep personal knowledge of the stunt car racing circuit into a one-of-a-kind novel that perhaps no one else in the world could've written. Now, I'm no fan of racing or stunt driving. I don't know much about NASCAR, I don't go to Monster Truck Rallies. But I've read tens of thousands of manuscripts, and I found this to be the single most engrossing novel I've ever come across. I loved it. I couldn't put it down. I wanted to jump up and down and tell my friends about it when I was done. In fact, I did tell my friends about it! By the end of this book, I was a Ken Rand fan for life. And considering the millions of fans who are in love with auto racing and stunt-car driving, I have to believe that this book has 'blockbuster' written
all over it."
— David Farland, author of The Runelords series
“Ken Rand’s Dare is a surprising time machine back to the engine roar and star spangled uniforms of the traveling daredevil shows that wandered the west back in my childhood. Rand’s eye for writing real people is clear and true, capturing the ups and downs of an aging daredevil facing the end of his run, the young man who wants to replace him, and the cast of supporting characters who infuse life into this unique tale of the American West, circa 1979.”
— Ken Scholes, author of The Psalms of Isaak series
"Rand writes about people . . . his writing is infused with a sense of hope."
— SFREADER.com
all over it."
— David Farland, author of The Runelords series
“Ken Rand’s Dare is a surprising time machine back to the engine roar and star spangled uniforms of the traveling daredevil shows that wandered the west back in my childhood. Rand’s eye for writing real people is clear and true, capturing the ups and downs of an aging daredevil facing the end of his run, the young man who wants to replace him, and the cast of supporting characters who infuse life into this unique tale of the American West, circa 1979.”
— Ken Scholes, author of The Psalms of Isaak series
"Rand writes about people . . . his writing is infused with a sense of hope."
— SFREADER.com
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