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Bite The Bullet Kindle Edition

by Adrian A. Cruz (Author), Nathan Fox (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
5.0 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

A wild, coke-fueled, rollercoaster rocketship through the sour, sun-baked, and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles — riding shotgun with the Gang Squad’s dirtiest cop, Marcus “King Dick” Case, as he pushes one step too far and finds himself spiraling into the sticky palm of Alistair Blackman, the underworld’s very own untouchable Aspergers Kingpin.


Not satisfied with skimming, greasing, and double-dipping the low to mid-level street scum, Case’s grand plan to trade back a duffle full of confiscated dope from the police evidence locker to Blackman in exchange for a ticket to the highest echelons of big-time crime, backfires spectacularly when he unwittingly waltzes right into a Vice Squad stake-out with hands so red that when it inevitably turns into a shit-show shoot-out, the bloodstains don’t even show. With no way to talk, lie, or deny his way off the fast track to San Quentin, Case does the only thing his drug-addled, double-dazed and spun-out brainbox can think of — he sells his soul, his life, his every waking breath, to LA’s answer to The Devil himself.

In this high-octane, stylish, irreverent, bebopping take on the gritty street crime noir — like the unholy offspring of Elmore Leonard and Dylan Thomas, with a touch of Eminem’s psychotic lyrical flair — Adrian A. Cruz takes us deep into the mind of a broken, irredeemable, crooked cop digging himself a grave so deep he might just pop out the other side.

About the author:
Adrian A. Cruz is a showrunner, writer, director, and producer working in television, film, animation, and theater. He’s a published comic book creator and soon to be published novelist. Adrian is best known for co-creating the stylish science-fiction mini-series, Ascension, as well as for directing the divisive, critically acclaimed, indie film, Eat Me. Having graduated USC with dual degrees in Film and Theater, Adrian continues to maintain a presence in the LA Theater scene as playwright, director, and producer. He is a proud WGA guild member, a passionate storyteller and teacher across many mediums, genres and tones.

About the illustrator:
Nathan Fox (@nathanfoxy) is the artist and co-creator of the IMAGE COMICS series THE WEATHERMAN, the artist of Dark Reign: Zodiac for Marvel, Eisner nominated Dogs of War for Scholastic Graphix, Pigeons From Hell for Dark Horse, Cover artist on the FBP series for Vertigo Comics and a contributing artist on DMZ from DC/Vertigo and HAUNT, also from IMAGE. Nathan is the chair and founder of the MFA Visual Narrative program (@MFAVN) and the RisoLAB (@RisoLAB) at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Nathan is also a prolific, award-winning commercial illustrator with clients including Nickelodeon, Rockstar Games, The New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Sony, Nike, Wiredand RollingStoneMagazineto mention a few.
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  1. Print length
    71 pages
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    May 14, 2024
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D2VD2Y8D
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ NeoText
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 14, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.1 MB
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  • Elizabeth Berridge
    5.0 out of 5 stars I could not put this down. A mind blowing testament to what humans can do with words.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2024
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    I am not particularly a fan of the genre, "Street crime noire." But heard about it somewhere, and got interested cause good writing is good writing. Adrian Cruz packed more sentence to sentence genius in this sliver of a galloping romp down dark alleys of his imagining that you will find in your usual 300 page novel.I I had to keep going back just to bow down in honor of, to re- savor what I had just read. The only downside was that the word lover in me was in a battle with the human who wanted to know what would happen next. Never what I thought/ expected. Always far more interesting and captivating than what a lesser story teller would think up. It succeeds one thousand percent on all levels, and better be the first of a series. I am going to be trying to live my life without knowing what will happen to our anti hero, "King Prick of the LAPD Gang Squad" Marcus Case, who breaks very very bad, and finds himself trapped in a teaming sewer of an entirely new level of criminal depravity, but it will be difficult. Bravo, Cruz and MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!
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  • Asher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wild sexy page turner!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2024
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    I got my hands on this book and just tore into it. The language is crisp and rubbery at the same time, a crime novel turned inside out, hilariously ballsy, rhythmic, easy on the ear-eyes. It's the kind of book you take from the bed to the kitchen to the car to the stairs and back again. You don't want to put it down. You perform it, turn back pages to savor the language and gorgeous drawings. This is the book that is also the movie! Rank gliterature! I loved it!
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  • Maina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Too much fun for those of us with dark souls!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2024
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    Amazing! So gritty and dark. So much fun to read. I enjoy this genre and have missed having new reads. This book by Adrian A. Cruz filled all my noir fiction needs and I cannot wait to see what he writes next. In a world of fast superficial fiction, this read took me back to a time when word porn was in and the love for the written word is evident from the first carefully crafted sentence to the final shard, leaving you bleeding, exhausted, and wanting more. Highly recommend!
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  • nrh
    5.0 out of 5 stars An oily, deadly, and grimy piece of literary hardware
    Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2024
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    "Like the guns found within its page, ‘Bite the Bullet’ is an oily, deadly, and grimy piece of literary hardware. With descriptions that cut like a rusty knife and prose as sticky as congealed blood, Adrian A. Cruz envelops you in a noir world so packed with bullets, bastards, and bricks of cocaine that you’ll need a shower just to wash off the grit."

    — Nicholas Ryan Howard, author of “Mortal Enemy” and the “Legends of Grim” series
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  • LC
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a wild effing thrill ride!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
    A raging visceral, lyrical word orgy of bad cop shenanigans and LA crime noir nightmare—I loved it! So much fun and perfect subway reading amongst the riffraff and the normals too.
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  • Bee Bee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2024
    I read this straight through and that’s saying a lot. What a filthy, poetic, ultra-violent LA underworld to get swept up in. The stakes are so high that I thought the shift in perspectives and character POV’s was such an excellent way to tell this story. Your mind gauges the exact locations and timeline. It’s a First Person Shooter with no Armour.
    Hope it’s just the first of a series.
    Highly recommend.
    Now I want to play the game.
    Or watch the film.
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  • Christopher DeWan
    5.0 out of 5 stars A wild, antic ride
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2024
    Only Adrian Cruz (or maybe Philip K. Dick) could have written this gonzo-poetic noir: the genre tropes are all there, but you've never seen them through this lyrical, metaphysical, and drug-altered lens before.
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