About this Event
Author Bill Schweigart will be in conversation with author/bookseller Alice Scott to discuss his new release Dirty 20, a darkly humorous litRPG crime novel described as The Sopranos meets Dungeons & Dragons where the son of a crime boss accidentally becomes a crowdfunding superstar and disrupts business on the streets with his RPG.
Copies the book will be available for purchase at the event and a book signing will follow the discussion. You may reserve a copy of the book under your name as an add-on, or call the store at (571) 459-2653.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Tommy Fugue never cared for the family business. But when his father—aka Big Al, aka King of the Denver Streets—assigns him the “summer job” of laundering money online, Tommy figures he can list some fake projects on FunFunder, pledge them with zombie accounts, and clean a dirty $20,000 in time for college in the fall.
Unfortunately for Tommy, he’s more creative than he thought. Just as he’s about to give his father’s capos a progress report, he sees that a roleplaying game he mocked up using his mom’s old artwork has been funded to the tune of $650,000… and counting.
The only thing scarier than an angry Big Al is a Big Al that smells cash and family bonding time. Voluntold by their mercurial boss to assist, various criminals and killers help playtest and produce Tommy’s 1,000 Blades of Tergivers RPG in the hopes they can truly turn a dirty twenty into legit millions.
At first Tommy sees game sessions with brothel owners, hit women, and a street captain with OCD as yet another example of why he needs to get out from under his father. But when Tommy realizes that being game master might help him uncover what these criminals know about his mother’s disappearance, it’s Game On.
Playing a game while making a game is tricky—especially when elements of the fantasy world keep blending into the players’ real lives. And when the streets declare the Family Fugue slipping, Big Al starts playing a new game, with rules only he knows.
Event venue & nearby stays
Bards Alley Bookshop, 110 Church Street Northwest, Vienna, United States
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