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The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you.
When a disreputable dealer starts swindling aged and ailing comic-book creators out of their wealth—and their high-valued comics and artwork—the daughter of one victim comes to ex-insurance investigator Nathan Ford and his team of counter-crooks for help.
Their scheme: run a con at the Comic-Con International, where the crook intends to sell the goods. But there’s more going on than simple theft. An arson plot is in motion that will not only destroy countless rare collectibles, but may end up costing lives.
With time short, the team must take down a ruthless mark whose true motives have yet to be revealed…
- Sales Rank: #95930 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Berkley
- Published on: 2012-12-31
- Released on: 2012-12-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.70" h x 1.00" w x 4.30" l, .35 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 320 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
About the Author
Matt Forbeck has been a full-time writer of both games and fiction since 1989. He has designed collectible card games, roleplaying games, miniatures games, board games, and logic systems for toys and has written short fiction, comic books, novels, screenplays, and computer game scripts and stories. Matt belongs to the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers and the International Thriller Writers and is a member of the Madison chapter of the International Game Developers Association.
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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
Lets go steal a Book Review
By JohnPatrickMCP
I have been a fan of the Leverage TV show since the first episode and it is the single oldest series recording on my DVR. Add in the fact that this book revolves around the crew running a job at Comic-Con International and I couldn't believe my luck when I got the opportunity to receive an early copy of the book to review. Unfortunately with the announcement that the series will not be renewed for a sixth season our only hope is that the franchise may live on with a series of novels. So without further pleading for more Leverage, lets go steal a book review.
The Con Job takes place between The Gold Job, episode 316, and The Radio Job, episode 317. Simon Curtiss is a lifetime freelance comic book artist who has just come from his wife's funeral. In order to cover her medical expenses he contract a man named Lorenzo Patronus to sell a collection of his original artwork that he had been saving as a nest egg. Since he was only a freelance artist he had no insurance or retirement plan it was the only savings he had. Unfortunately Patronus has no intention to deliver on the money and the stress sends Curtiss to the hospital and his daughter to McRory's pub. She informs Nate of her fathers troubles and Patronus' dirty dealings. But because her father willingly gave him the artwork to sell the police can not prosecute him for theft. The only recourse they had would be to sue him for breach of contract and that would take time and money that her father didn't have. But she explains that Patronus took more than her fathers artwork. He preyed on his desperate need to provide for his wife at the end of her life. He took his dignity. Nate agrees to help her, help her father.
Nate assembles the team and Hardison gives them the run down on Patronus. Simon Curtiss isn't the only artist Patronus has pulled his scam on. If fact he has been using Simon Curtiss name to lure in other artist to take advantage of. Patronus is setting up a huge auction to liquidate the artwork under the guise of donating a token portion of the proceeds to the Hero Initiative, a charity that ironically was set up to help financially support aging freelance comic book artist. The auction is being held at the largest gathering of comic book enthusiast in the world, Comic Con International. While Hardison is truly geeked about the opportunity to mix work and pleasure the rest of the group is not so enthusiastic. Trying to run a con in a building holding over a hundred and fifty thousand convention goers adds plenty of opportunities for things to go wrong, but if they don't intervene than the artwork will be legally sold to new owners and Patronus will be free to disappear with the money.
At first things go well and it looks like this might be an easy job. The team discovers that in addition to the artwork he has conned Patronus has added several pieces that are his own work. A little digging reveals that he had aspirations of being an artist in the industry but he was never able to make the grade. So they hatch a plan to dangle his life dream of becoming a published artist in front of him and Patronus is all to willing to use the money generated from the auction to fund the fictitious start up venture. But Patronus isn't the only factor in play. Another player is bankrolling him from the shadows for no apparent gain. Further complicating matters is the appearance of Cha0s. While the hacker showing up at the convention could be a coincidence, and Hardison goes missing after being seen with him, the con start unraveling. The team must find Hardison, take down Patronus, and find out what his secret partner's angle is before the convention ends. No Spoilers here, you'll have to read it yourself to find out.
I enjoyed The Con Job, a lot. Tie-in novels are a very tricky genera because while you are usually familiar with the character from watching the TV show if you rely too heavily on that the novel will not appeal to new readers with interest in the property. It also adds the dimension of being able to get a glimpse into what the characters are thinking that you don't get from the TV show. The Con Job in a way is a tie-in of two properties, the Leverage TV show and Comic Con International. While I have watched every episode of Leverage I have never been to Comic Con so enjoyed that the Convention was more that just a setting. As cliche as it is to say it really was almost a character in the story. It affected every move the character made from trying to find a hotel room to what moves they could and couldn't make in a building with a hundred and fifty thousand possible witnesses. In addition to the mark and convention goers the team is rubbing elbows with the royalty of the geek world (although we never see Cha0s and Wil Wheaton at the same time, COINCIDENCE?). We also see each of the team members feel the pull of Comic Con on them. Sophie views the comic book art with the same appreciative eye she uses for stealing priceless works of the masters. Eliot reveals that he had once had aspirations of a possible career in the industry. Nate is taken back to memories of reading comic books with his son and the guilt of a promise to attend Comic Con together that could never be fulfilled. Parker never had a normal childhood so she is experiencing things with innocent excitement. It is also a chance for Hardison to share his love of all things Geeky with her as they take the first awkward steps past friends and into a relationship. The really impressive part of the story is that it was written while the author was in the middle of his campaign to write twelve novels in twelve months. It has the feel of a good episode of the show and was written by someone who was knowledgeable about the show and the characters, not something that was slipped into an already crazy writing schedule.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Let's Steal a Night's Sleep
By Heather McConaha
I received my copy of _Con Game_ and proceeded to sit up all night reading it. I am out a night of sleep, but am so pumped by the story I am not noticing one whit.
I would have loved to have seen this made into an actual episode just the scenes of Parker sliding down the roof of the Convention Center, and Eliot masquerading as Warren Ellis are worth the price of admission.
Let's Show TNT they never should have dropped the show.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Worth the wait...
By MJAFL
I have been checking Amazon for a Leverage novel monthly since the TV series started. Finally, not one, but three appeared at the same time. This was the first one available with the others only available for pre-order. I picked it up and now a little over a day later, find myself waiting for the next one. The book was well written, being true to the TV series and its characters. The author truly seems to be having a lot of fun tying Comic-Con, Hardison, Wil Wheaton, Cha0s, The Big Bang Theory and Comic-con information all together in a novel that has a fast, continually moving, well thought out plot line. Ok, a few times I thought the author was being a bit too cute with all his cross-references, but he did it well so it did not distract from the story-telling. I am sure if I knew more about the Comic-con world, I would have noticed more in-references. If he enjoyed writing it 1/2 as much as I enjoyed reading it, then he is an incredibly lucky man.
If you are looking for a book that solves world-hunger, keep looking. If you are looking to escape for a couple hours and have some fun in the Leverage universe, with characters as you have come to know them, give this a chance. Could some of the 5 stars be satisfaction at finally having a novel in the Leverage universe, yeah, possibly, but I suspect I'd have still rated it high even if it had not been the first after such a long wait. Now, only 2 months & 3 days before I can download "The Zoo Game" to continue this series. Oh well.
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