Philip Jacobson

Reclusive billionaire Carl Jorstad finds himself stripped of his influence after stealing a prize delicacy, the rare jellyfish known as 'La méduse rouge', from a masochistic brotherhood of ultra-rich business leaders. Even as bizarre cosmic phenomena threaten all of humanity, Carl treks into the wilderness in a single-minded quest for revenge against those who have wronged him. Along the way, Carl carves a bloody trail through sadistic prison camp guards, small-town business entrepreneurs, and international assassins-for-hire, while matching wits with black marketeers, resurrected advertising middle managers, and the devout worshipers of a marine biologist-turned-priest. But as his surreal travels begin to take a toll on him, Carl finds himself increasingly unable to conduct business as usual.

Ten-year-old Ian Green is a loner from a broken home on the not-so-sunny side of the tracks. A curious wanderer, he comes across an abandoned school at the edge of town. Dark and foreboding, Ian is drawn to the mystique of this new playground. To his surprise, he is not the only one to find this place a new haven. Ian has just stumbled onto the new killing grounds of recently escaped prison convict, Wesson Garr. Once aware of Ian's intrusion, Wesson decides this school isn't big enough for the two of them. A realistic and daring approach to a claustrophobic story of survival.