The Deftest Deceit: Spud Compton, #3

By Amanda Bridgeman

The final installment of the Spud Compton novella trilogy brings a whole lot of action, adventure and terror!

Just when Spud thinks he's out of trouble, his life suddenly comes full circle. Teamed up once again with his brother and the Benobi-451 crew, he sets out to find his Senator father, who is being held hostage by a deadly mob boss for an impossible price: one terrifying X03.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Amanda Bridgeman
• Release date: Jul 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9780648216292

Amanda Bridgeman

AMANDA BRIDGEMAN is a versatile writer who enjoys working across both original and tie-in worlds. She is a two-time Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist, and author of several novels and short stories, including the Aurora series, The Time of the Stripes, Scribe Award winning novel Pandemic: Patient Zero, and the Salvation series consisting of The Subjugate and The Sensation, which is currently being developed for TV by Anonymous Content and Aquarius Films.

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