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Death of the Invisible Financier
Paul Bloom wants to make his own way and stop grinding for a criminal organization. The higher-ups in the organization are lining their pockets thanks to Bloom and he was getting just a pittance.
The catch is he doesn’t want the higher-ups to learning he wants to make his own way.
Mettle Coyle, an elf and financier, is finally able to get out from under his aunt, who was beloved by everyone at their family-owned investment and financial firm and died under mysterious circumstances, and seized control of the firm with the goal of lining his pockets at the expense of his partners or investors.
Paul Bloom, his associates, and Mettle Coyle join other criminals in engineering a confidence scheme which most likely ensure each of them a nice tidy profit.
The only catch is when a group of criminals are involved in a scheme to steal a large amount of money, each of them, including Bloom and Coyle, want the entire ill-gotten gains for himself or herself and none of them will be denied no matter if lives hang in the balance.
Death of the Invisible Financier is the first book in the Paul Bloom & Associates Schemes a sword and sorcery series.
R.D. Henderson’s stories have been described as a mashup of the Sopranos or the Wire with Dungeons & Dragons including elves, gnomes, dwarves, halflings, and magic.
The catch is he doesn’t want the higher-ups to learning he wants to make his own way.
Mettle Coyle, an elf and financier, is finally able to get out from under his aunt, who was beloved by everyone at their family-owned investment and financial firm and died under mysterious circumstances, and seized control of the firm with the goal of lining his pockets at the expense of his partners or investors.
Paul Bloom, his associates, and Mettle Coyle join other criminals in engineering a confidence scheme which most likely ensure each of them a nice tidy profit.
The only catch is when a group of criminals are involved in a scheme to steal a large amount of money, each of them, including Bloom and Coyle, want the entire ill-gotten gains for himself or herself and none of them will be denied no matter if lives hang in the balance.
Death of the Invisible Financier is the first book in the Paul Bloom & Associates Schemes a sword and sorcery series.
R.D. Henderson’s stories have been described as a mashup of the Sopranos or the Wire with Dungeons & Dragons including elves, gnomes, dwarves, halflings, and magic.
418 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 18, 2020
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About the author
R.D. Henderson
11 books3 followersR.D. Henderson is a writer of fantasy and sword & sorcery stories that features elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, kobolds, goblins, mages, clerics, rangers, and other characters prevalent in fantasy stories due to his enjoyment of playing Dungeons & Dragons throughout high school and college.
In addition to reading fantasy, R.D enjoys watching movies such as Godfather 1, Godfather 2, and Usual Suspects along with television dramas such as Sopranos, The Wire, Intelligence by Chris Haddock, and Hill Street Blues.
He has taken his enjoyment of Dungeons & Dragons and interest in crime dramas as inspiration to write fantasy stories that are people with gray and dark characters. He has often described the type of stories he writes as a mash-up of Dungeons & Dragons with either the Sopranos or the Wire.
Hondus Pointe, R.D.’s first novella, was a semi-finalist in SPFBO 2016 established by Mark Lawrence, author of both highly-regarded, well-received, and award-winning Broken Empire and Red Queen's War series.
R.D. Henderson is a pen name for the author, and lives with his family live near Seattle, Washington.
In addition to reading fantasy, R.D enjoys watching movies such as Godfather 1, Godfather 2, and Usual Suspects along with television dramas such as Sopranos, The Wire, Intelligence by Chris Haddock, and Hill Street Blues.
He has taken his enjoyment of Dungeons & Dragons and interest in crime dramas as inspiration to write fantasy stories that are people with gray and dark characters. He has often described the type of stories he writes as a mash-up of Dungeons & Dragons with either the Sopranos or the Wire.
Hondus Pointe, R.D.’s first novella, was a semi-finalist in SPFBO 2016 established by Mark Lawrence, author of both highly-regarded, well-received, and award-winning Broken Empire and Red Queen's War series.
R.D. Henderson is a pen name for the author, and lives with his family live near Seattle, Washington.
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July 28, 2020
This book has a promising opening. Right away, I was impressed by how polished the book felt. There’s a particular tone that Henderson was aiming for, and it was something that I was drawn to immediately. But the repetitive format of each chapter, the lack of character depth, and the sheer disposability of most of the cast made it extremely difficult to enjoy this story as much as I wanted to.
This book has some interesting ideas, but its execution just wasn’t for me. It’s been described as The Sopranos or The Wire meets D&D. I wouldn’t go that far, but I understand what he was going for: it’s almost entirely scenes of dialogue, with barely any exposition, and only a touch of live action that lasts a fleeting moment or two. This format might work in TV, but it didn’t work for me in a book format. Most of what happens has already happened between chapters, and it’s just referenced. The reader doesn’t experience it firsthand.
There’s a few other talking points about this book that can be discussed. It would make an interesting buddy-read, since it really is different that most other books I’ve read, and that’s truly saying something. I don’t know exactly what that something is, but for a book that I didn’t necessarily enjoy all that much, it has inspired me to want to write a lot about it.
Why not check it out for yourself?
5.5 / 10
This book has some interesting ideas, but its execution just wasn’t for me. It’s been described as The Sopranos or The Wire meets D&D. I wouldn’t go that far, but I understand what he was going for: it’s almost entirely scenes of dialogue, with barely any exposition, and only a touch of live action that lasts a fleeting moment or two. This format might work in TV, but it didn’t work for me in a book format. Most of what happens has already happened between chapters, and it’s just referenced. The reader doesn’t experience it firsthand.
There’s a few other talking points about this book that can be discussed. It would make an interesting buddy-read, since it really is different that most other books I’ve read, and that’s truly saying something. I don’t know exactly what that something is, but for a book that I didn’t necessarily enjoy all that much, it has inspired me to want to write a lot about it.
Why not check it out for yourself?
5.5 / 10
July 31, 2020
I am the author of Death of the Invisible Financier, had a blast writing it, and think it is a very, very solid fantasy story.
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