The Minus Faction - Episode One: Breakout: The Minus Faction, #1

By Rick Wayne

"A unique brand of justice, morality, and heroism."

"Gripping, immersive, entertaining."

In Episode One . . . Beaten. Burned. Broken.

Capt. John Regent returns a paraplegic after escaping months of captivity and torture — except no one knows who took him or what he disclosed.

When a government agent comes for answers, she discovers John's fantastical secret and sets him at war with his own country. But the veteran in the wheelchair has one last mission, and he'll fight off the powers-that-be long enough to save the life of a troubled soldier — even if it costs John his own.

"Keeps you guessing, keeps you surprised."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rick Wayne
• Release date: Aug 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781501466960

Rick Wayne

Rick Wayne is a cretinous mass who's dissected a cadaver, climbed the Great Wall, jumped from an airplane, designed sampling systems, swam naked in the Mediterranean, and felt the blast of a terrorist's bomb, although not in that order. When he's not vomiting words, he's planning his next adventure. He can be found at RickWayne.com.

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Reviews for The Minus Faction - Episode One

[seschend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Rare that I queue up a story/book on my Kindle and finish it in one sitting.

This story grabbed me and didn't let go from the first sentence until the last.

Then I screamed at Rick for hooking me so thoroughly that I now have to track down Episode Two ASAP.

it's what I'd call neopulp and what most bookstores would shelf among the sf/f books, but it's also a superheroic book without capes or masks (or at least that's the vibe I got from it).

Hope Rick Wayne writes fast, as this story's a crackling good roller-coaster of a story that you'll want to ride through the end...and then go again.

[lithicbee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book kept me turning the pages from start to finish. It starts as we meet Captain John Regent, a horribly disfigured veteran. His body is trapped in a wheelchair but his consciousness wanders, giving him the superheroic power to hitch a ride in other people’s bodies for a time. As we learn more about John and the shadowy forces that are after him, the pace of the story never lets up. But more than a simple thriller-meets-comic book plot, Wayne gives his characters a realism, depth, and heart that makes you care for all of them.My only complaint: I wish I could read the whole story now rather than have to wait for it in serialized doses.