Crooked Little Vein

Burned-out private detective Michael McGill needed a wake-up call to jump-start his dead career. What he got was a virtual cattle prod to the crotch, in the form of an impossible assignment delivered directly from the president's heroin-addict chief of staff. It seems the Founding Fathers doubted that the Constitution would be able to stave off human nature indefinitely, so they devised a backup Constitution to deploy at the first sign of crisis. In the government's eyes, that time is now. They want to use this "Secret Constitution" to drive the country back to a time when civility, God, and mom's homemade apple pie were all that mattered. The only problem is, no one can seem to find it. But what McGill learns as he closes in on the real Constitution is that freedom takes many forms, the most important of which may be the fight against the "good old days." Like Vonnegut, Orwell, and Huxley before him, Warren Ellis deftly exposes the hypocrisy of the "moral majority" by giving us a glimpse at the monstrous outcome that their overzealous policies would achieve. Warren Ellis is one of the most prolific and admired graphic novelists in the world and the creator of such popular series as Transmetropolitan and the Authority. In addition to graphic novels, he has written television and video game scripts, and is the winner of many awards. He lives in southern England with his partner, Niki, and their daughter. Todd Mclaren was involved in radio for more than twenty years. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in audiobooks, TV, radio, and films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit? His audiobooks include Fangland by John Marks and Ascent by Jed Mercurio.