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Brass Knuckles & Tattered Wings #9
Block Thug Security
After a freak accident killed his wife and son, Pritchard slipped into alcoholism to drown his sorrows at a blue-collar bar nearby to avoid the dead and empty house. But then a teenage girl asked for his help, and it turned his entire existence around.
Just a favor to a friend. Just lending a hammer to someone who’s had their backs. Just a quick little vigilante trip to the Bronx.
If it sounds too easy to be true, it probably is, and the armor-piercing problems Pritchard and his friends stirred up around Thanksgiving are lining up, sending them running with the three they set out to protect.
This set of problems demands a new level of creativity as they set out for the longest and most dangerous gig they’ve taken upon themselves so far.
Just a favor to a friend. Just lending a hammer to someone who’s had their backs. Just a quick little vigilante trip to the Bronx.
If it sounds too easy to be true, it probably is, and the armor-piercing problems Pritchard and his friends stirred up around Thanksgiving are lining up, sending them running with the three they set out to protect.
This set of problems demands a new level of creativity as they set out for the longest and most dangerous gig they’ve taken upon themselves so far.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 15, 2025
About the author
Martin Svolgart
16 books28 followersMartin Svolgart has a fascination for humans. What drives them, makes them, breaks them. What can bring out the worst in a person? What can bring out the best?
He doesn’t believe in a world of black and white. The human eye can detect 256 shades of gray. Instead, he believes the answer to what is good and what is evil is to be explored within those nuances.
His protagonists are never just good, and his antagonists are never just evil.
He loves exploring what makes them one or the other. Especially, he loves looking into what can make them change, grow, and evolve. In which direction that may go is of course one of the interesting questions to be explored.
He doesn’t believe in a world of black and white. The human eye can detect 256 shades of gray. Instead, he believes the answer to what is good and what is evil is to be explored within those nuances.
His protagonists are never just good, and his antagonists are never just evil.
He loves exploring what makes them one or the other. Especially, he loves looking into what can make them change, grow, and evolve. In which direction that may go is of course one of the interesting questions to be explored.
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January 3, 2026
Must read prior books for full understanding
I have read every book in this series and I have already purchased the next one; this book ends on a cliffhanger. As it stands, “Block Thug Security” is a continuation of the last book in this series of self-proclaimed, men with “brass knuckles and tattered wings.” To understand how this group of vigilantes came to be you must read the first book in this series, which I remember fondly. In the beginning Pritchard sits night after night at a bar getting drunk so he can go home to the empty house that once was happy with his wife Monica and young son Zack until a tragic accident changed their entire lives. Now he is alone.
In the last book the vigilantes encountered a different level of evil in the Brotherhood of Nephilim. Now Pritchard is trying to save his latest “princess” in Tina and her children. But is there something beyond the obvious going on here? There is something not quite right about the situation. Can Pritchard and his friends figure it out before they become the prey? The ending is intriguing because it appears his bored vigilantes have found a new cause: a “prince” in Daniel the pickpocket’s father. I am sensing a story arc with the Brotherhood squarely in the center. In any event, the books are relatively short and an entertaining read. Admittedly, in my mind this one was slower than the others, but it may be because I had to catch up. I volunteered to review an ARC of this book through BookSirens.
I have read every book in this series and I have already purchased the next one; this book ends on a cliffhanger. As it stands, “Block Thug Security” is a continuation of the last book in this series of self-proclaimed, men with “brass knuckles and tattered wings.” To understand how this group of vigilantes came to be you must read the first book in this series, which I remember fondly. In the beginning Pritchard sits night after night at a bar getting drunk so he can go home to the empty house that once was happy with his wife Monica and young son Zack until a tragic accident changed their entire lives. Now he is alone.
In the last book the vigilantes encountered a different level of evil in the Brotherhood of Nephilim. Now Pritchard is trying to save his latest “princess” in Tina and her children. But is there something beyond the obvious going on here? There is something not quite right about the situation. Can Pritchard and his friends figure it out before they become the prey? The ending is intriguing because it appears his bored vigilantes have found a new cause: a “prince” in Daniel the pickpocket’s father. I am sensing a story arc with the Brotherhood squarely in the center. In any event, the books are relatively short and an entertaining read. Admittedly, in my mind this one was slower than the others, but it may be because I had to catch up. I volunteered to review an ARC of this book through BookSirens.
January 11, 2026
Block Thug Security gives continuity to the story in the last book in the series and it also ends in a cliffhanger but it's also interesting to read how the vigilante saga keeps on getting more interesting at each chapter. Pritchard and his crew are now facing a new kind of danger as it besides thugs involves faith, cult devotion, and placing whole families in danger.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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