Author Description

GOTHIC JOURNEY: Run For Your Life is a modern classic that begins with the same deceptively quiet (but slightly unnerving) pace as other John Argo stories. When the hammer comes down, you won't be ready - but that's the fun about suspense. John Argo knows how to sock it to you when you least expect it. This novel will take you on a wild ride beyond anything you can imagine. This Gothic Journey as an apt subtitle: Run For Your Life. In Gothic Journey, a simple boy meets girl romance turns into a nightmare ride. Martin Brown, 21, is a handsome young UC Berkeley student home in easy-going, sunny San Diego for the summer. While hunting for a writing job in Los Angeles with a media giant (YANAPOP) he falls in love with a gorgeous young (21) production assistant named Chloe Setreal. A few days later, Chloe calls to tell him she's been in an accident, is laid up with her leg in a cast, and wants him to drive two leisurely hours north to hold her hand in L.A. Martin gallantly hops in his car and heads north, just as a tremendous Pacific Ocean storm begins to pelt San Diego. That's the start of a hair-raising adventure, a nightmare of epic proportions, as courageous Martin Brown strives to reach Los Angeles (or Lost Alienopolis) at any cost. What should be a quick, easy drive turns into an Odyssey lasting over 24 insane hours, each minute crazier than the next. No spoilers-you'll be glad you read the novel. Martin becomes Odysseus in search of Chloe as he pursues the goddess of his dreams. He's on a quest like Pynchon's Oedipa Maas in pursuit of the nightmare secreted in the engine that drives Amerika - and the universe. Or whatever. More popcorn, please. Take nothing seriously, but (seriously) wear a seatbelt. And a diaper, because you're going to need it when the hammer comes down. Gothic Journey makes your teeth rattle as the author takes your imagination out for a spin on the dark side. A simple two-hour drive from San Diego to Los Angeles takes on galactic proportions w