Dinner party.  My mother-in-law is talking at me and Holy Balls is she hurting my will to live!  A stream of triteness is whittling my soul down to a thin whisper of its normal self.  My cheeks stretch into what feels like a demonic-looking grin, and my cheerily-smiling face begins to ache like some crazy motha ducka from the Inquisition is using his best, rust-edged tools on it.  Like Frodo, I’m beginning to lose my mind to some devilish, alien hum…when I fumble with deadened fingers and open my eReader to Echo.  Magic flash.  Ninjas crash into the room.  One gets me in a chokehold and I instinctively buck my hips, rolling him over my shoulder.  I rally the in-laws into the driveway, kicking ass along the way, and we pile into our cars.  As I get ready to drive off I see my mother-in-law being overwhelmed by black-clad shinobis.  I bare my teeth and hiss, debating whether to save the people in my car or risk their lives by trying to help her.  I shrug, then decide to leave.  Oh well, win some lose some.  (Or is it win some, win some 😉 ).

In-laws boring you to death?  Have a ninja diversion handy!  (And bonus:  maybe one or two of the annoying ones will fall to their swords while you’re beating shinobi ass).  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle.