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Minute Men: Execute & Run
Mission Impossible meets X-Men—with a You only have 60 seconds to save the day.
Currently being considered for a major Hollywood production.
U.S. Marine Daniel Hayes returns from the Middle East in a wheelchair. The only survivor of his team, he’s haunted by more than his physical scars. His survivor’s guilt keeps him trapped on the porch of his childhood home, watching the rust belt crumble around him.
In Africa, Dr. Christian Chase’s once-fearless hands are now useless. Blinded in a rebel ambush, she replays the life she couldn’t save as if torturing herself with endless flashbacks could change the past.
In Ukraine, kickboxer Zoya Zynchenko wakes in a cold hospital bed. Her family gone, her legs paralyzed, a missile strike leaving her a forgotten victim of war.
And bounty hunter Max “Jaxx” Jaquez hides his crippling pain behind false bravado. Drowning in guilt for letting a dangerous predator escape, he hates himself more than the criminal he failed to apprehend.
Enter Norman Blackwell, a brilliant but reclusive biotech engineer. His cutting-edge treatment transforms these broken heroes into something extraordinary. Hayes gains superhuman strength. Chase’s gaze becomes deadly. Zoya moves with lightning reflexes. Jaxx’s intellect explodes into genius.
But there’s a These powers last for only 60 seconds at a time, then pain and incapacitation hits.
Together, they become the Minute-Men, a team of wounded warriors turned reluctant heroes. Their first Stop a ruthless corporate warlord from weaponizing life-saving nanotechnology, turning hope into tools of control and destruction. To succeed, they must master their fleeting powers, trust each other, and find strength in their shared scars. Because in a world where everything can change in a heartbeat, 60 seconds is all they’ve got to save the day—and each other.
Currently being considered for a major Hollywood production.
U.S. Marine Daniel Hayes returns from the Middle East in a wheelchair. The only survivor of his team, he’s haunted by more than his physical scars. His survivor’s guilt keeps him trapped on the porch of his childhood home, watching the rust belt crumble around him.
In Africa, Dr. Christian Chase’s once-fearless hands are now useless. Blinded in a rebel ambush, she replays the life she couldn’t save as if torturing herself with endless flashbacks could change the past.
In Ukraine, kickboxer Zoya Zynchenko wakes in a cold hospital bed. Her family gone, her legs paralyzed, a missile strike leaving her a forgotten victim of war.
And bounty hunter Max “Jaxx” Jaquez hides his crippling pain behind false bravado. Drowning in guilt for letting a dangerous predator escape, he hates himself more than the criminal he failed to apprehend.
Enter Norman Blackwell, a brilliant but reclusive biotech engineer. His cutting-edge treatment transforms these broken heroes into something extraordinary. Hayes gains superhuman strength. Chase’s gaze becomes deadly. Zoya moves with lightning reflexes. Jaxx’s intellect explodes into genius.
But there’s a These powers last for only 60 seconds at a time, then pain and incapacitation hits.
Together, they become the Minute-Men, a team of wounded warriors turned reluctant heroes. Their first Stop a ruthless corporate warlord from weaponizing life-saving nanotechnology, turning hope into tools of control and destruction. To succeed, they must master their fleeting powers, trust each other, and find strength in their shared scars. Because in a world where everything can change in a heartbeat, 60 seconds is all they’ve got to save the day—and each other.
230 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2025
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October 15, 2025
As a writer, it's not unusual to be asked to "blurb" a novel, now and then. This was the case when Larry Connolly came to me and asked if I'd do this for his upcoming (now published) MINUTE-MEN: EXECUTE & RUN. I've included my blurb below, but to this I also want to add a few additional thoughts. MINUTE-MEN is quite simply a fun and entertaining read, an intriguing twist on the superhero genre, especially when presented in novel form. It is the perfect set-up for what I hope will be more instalments down the road. If you're looking for a swiftly paced, action thriller with shades of dark and light, starring an array of intriguing characters with unlimited story potential, human and otherwise, look no further. You've come to the right place. As for that blurb I mentioned at the outset, here goes...
“Coming up with an exciting new concept in the superhero genre is no easy feat, but the Connolly brothers have pulled it off in rousing fashion. Prepare to be blown away, and then some! MINUTE-MEN: EXECUTE & RUN just might be the book Stan Lee and Jack Kirby would have written had they been novelists rather than comic book creators. All the ingredients are here in an origin story sparkling with originality. A ragtag team of all-too-human superheroes, men and women forced together by science, subterfuge, and their own startling limitations. A disparate crew of villains, the ones you recognize right off and the ones you never see coming, including the most intriguing evil entity in recent memory. And it’s all served up with heart-pounding action that keeps you hooked first page to last. Clever. Entertaining. Compelling. If ever a story deserves a big screen treatment, this spectacularly rendered thrill ride is it. MINUTE-MEN: EXECUTE & RUN...RUN is right! RUN to read it now!”
“Coming up with an exciting new concept in the superhero genre is no easy feat, but the Connolly brothers have pulled it off in rousing fashion. Prepare to be blown away, and then some! MINUTE-MEN: EXECUTE & RUN just might be the book Stan Lee and Jack Kirby would have written had they been novelists rather than comic book creators. All the ingredients are here in an origin story sparkling with originality. A ragtag team of all-too-human superheroes, men and women forced together by science, subterfuge, and their own startling limitations. A disparate crew of villains, the ones you recognize right off and the ones you never see coming, including the most intriguing evil entity in recent memory. And it’s all served up with heart-pounding action that keeps you hooked first page to last. Clever. Entertaining. Compelling. If ever a story deserves a big screen treatment, this spectacularly rendered thrill ride is it. MINUTE-MEN: EXECUTE & RUN...RUN is right! RUN to read it now!”
October 2, 2025
I don't get much opportunity to read special-ops thrillers or techno-thrillers these days, but I was asked if I'd consider blurbing this book, and quickly said yes. I know Larry's Horror work, and I was eager to see what he would do in this genre.
It did not disappoint. Obviously, in a thriller, you need to put some characters in a tight spot, and it's best if that tight spot keeps them moving as the book progresses. Check both those boxes for this one. But what makes the best thrillers stand out, what makes them satisfying, is if you also care about some of the characters. Which means characterization, which is hard to do in the crisp driving sentences that move a thriller along. But Larry's got that skill down. He adds character to the driving sentences, a bit here, a bit there, rather than stopping for a "character scene."
These characters are bound for Hollywood, and they have the superpowers to get them there. What makes them unique--and it's a wonderful imaginative idea--is that they only have them for about a minute, and then they need to recharge. This makes teamwork essential, because members collapse mid-operation. It clearly raises the risks over the superpower storylines we're all used to. And it nicely complicates planning and execution, because once you use somebody's talent in Phase One, they're off the table for Phase Two; and if somebody has to use their talent out of turn, oh my.
So, of course, you know what happens.
To discuss the plot is to spoil, so I'll just end with a recommendation. Grab this one.
It did not disappoint. Obviously, in a thriller, you need to put some characters in a tight spot, and it's best if that tight spot keeps them moving as the book progresses. Check both those boxes for this one. But what makes the best thrillers stand out, what makes them satisfying, is if you also care about some of the characters. Which means characterization, which is hard to do in the crisp driving sentences that move a thriller along. But Larry's got that skill down. He adds character to the driving sentences, a bit here, a bit there, rather than stopping for a "character scene."
These characters are bound for Hollywood, and they have the superpowers to get them there. What makes them unique--and it's a wonderful imaginative idea--is that they only have them for about a minute, and then they need to recharge. This makes teamwork essential, because members collapse mid-operation. It clearly raises the risks over the superpower storylines we're all used to. And it nicely complicates planning and execution, because once you use somebody's talent in Phase One, they're off the table for Phase Two; and if somebody has to use their talent out of turn, oh my.
So, of course, you know what happens.
To discuss the plot is to spoil, so I'll just end with a recommendation. Grab this one.
October 15, 2025
While Execute & Run may take some getting used to for Marvel and DC aficionados, the overall book is a siamese twin of psychology, sci-fi, military politics, and the grit of many a horror novel - and at barely 230 pages, it practically demands you to throw yourself into its melee of ideas. Although the dialogue is at times clunky, Connolly has his biomechanical finger on society’s most anxious pulse. He writes something as high-octane as it is brimming with existential crises warned about by Orwell (among so many others) and this undoubtedly continues his excellent bibliography.
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