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In the year 2058, if you want someone to do the hands-on investigative work that requires a little finesse and sensitivity, not to mention the ability to shrug off a good beating in the process, then Zachary Nixon Johnson, the last freelance private eye on earth, is your man. What starts out as a simple missing persons case for Zach quickly turns into a convoluted and desperate chase for the most unlikely weapon of unimaginable power ever conceived: The Bionic Bikini. With the mega-high-tech assistance of his personal holographic A.I. and snarky best friend/antagonist Harv and his spunky psionic niece Carol, Zach is lead on a convoluted trail of intrigue. Par for the course, Johnson is confronted at every turn by ruthless, power-hungry and, of course, gorgeous women, who all want to get their hands on this bikini. It’s Zach’s job to prevent that from happening by getting his own hands on the bikini. And yes, he knows exactly how that sounds. Creadits: Director: Nathanial Perry Starring: Richard Rohan as Zachory Nixon Johnson, David Coyne as HARV, Nanette Savard as Carol, Casie Platt as Sexy Sprockets, Ken Jackson as Dr. Randy Pool, Nora Achrati as Elena, Yasmin Tuazon as Helena, Elizabeth Jernigan as Twoa and Threa, Colleen Delany as Electra, Eva Wilhelm as Tasha Posha and Nathanial Perry as GUS. With Katy Carkuff, Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Genebach, David Jourdan, Tracy Olivera, Deidra Starnes, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Dawn Ursula, Peter Holdway, James Lewis, Evan Casey, Tia Shearer, Elliot Dash, Mary C. Davis, Terence Aselford, Drew Kopas, Christopher Scheeren and Scott McCormick Cover Illustrator: Jahbulani Ori
Author
From the Author's Website John Zakour is a humor/sf/fantasy writer with a Master's degree in Human Behavior and slowly plugging away at his Ph.D. He has written zillions (well, thousands) of gags for syndicated comics and comedians (including: Rugrats, Grimmy, Bound and Gagged, Dennis the Menace and Joan River's old TV show.) John also writes his own syndicated comic, Working Daze for United Media. John has been the regular cartoonist for Geek.com and has sold cartoons or gags to hundreds of journals and magazines. John is also a contributor to Nickelodeon magazine writing Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron comic books. Recently he has started writing Simpsons comics for Bongo. John’s first humorous SF mystery book, The Plutonium Blonde (DAW 2001, co-written with Larry Ganem and started of as an interactive web story for the Sci Fi channel) was named one of the top 30 SF books of 2001 by The Chronicle of Science Fiction who called it, “the funniest SF book of 2001”. His second novel, The Doomsday Brunette (DAW Feb 2004) has made the Locus best sellers list. The third book in the series, The RadioActive Redhead, also made the SF best seller list. Besides his novels John has sold numerous short stories to anthologies and magazines. John has written the dialog and song lyrics for Frogwares Software computer game Around the World in 80 days. For something a bit different John writes skits for the Harlem Rockets basketball team. In the past, John has written and helped develop the first year and season of the comic book and animated series: Caramel Crew, for Mobtoons. John also has written for the independent SF TV show, “Realm of the Mind”. John also helped develop an animated sf horror series, called Prime Squad for MUV Technologies in India. His romantic comedy, Skin Deep about an ordinary guy who can’t believe the hottest girl on campus is actually in love with him has won a couple of writing awards. John has also written for Ebru tv. John use to be a database programmer / web guru / science writer for NYSAES. When he's not writing or studying John likes to play softball, watch TV and hang out with his wife and son. He use to do judo and karate, but those have been replaced by tai chi and archery.
