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Gallery Books
March 2015
On Sale: March 17, 2015
Featuring: Lloyd Prescott
384 pages
ISBN: 1476711747
EAN: 9781476711744
Kindle: B00LD1RZ3A
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Science Fiction | Fiction
With the razor-sharp satire that earned him rave reviews for Big Egos and Lucky Bastard, among others, S.G. Browne delivers another irresistible read, about an unlikely band of heroes who use their medical complications to gain fame, confront villains, and bring their own unique brand of justice to New York City.
Lloyd Prescott is a professional guinea pig. After nearly a year on unemployment, Lloyd discovered he could make money volunteering for Phase One pharmaceutical drug clinical trials, where drugs are tested for safety by giving them to subjects and studying the side effects. Every month, Lloyd meets up with a group of other guinea pigs to share information on their clinical trials, but soon they learn theyโre getting a lot more than they bargained forโฆ
Convulsions. Memory loss. Hallucinations. Drowsiness. Vomiting. Sudden weight gain. These and other side effects affect them allโbut rather than simply suffer the consequences, the guinea pigs find theyโre able to project these side effects onto others. And once they realize this, thereโs no end to the ruckus theyโll cause using their powers for goodโฆor ill.
In a winning combination of pitch-perfect humor and biting social commentary, S.G. Browne proves with Less than Hero that he is still โone of Americaโs very best writersโ (Jonathan Maberry).
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