BARK!

by Darrell Bain

Tonto, a cross-eyed, ADHD affected little weenie dog with only one testicle, who already has a self-created job of compulsively shoveling pine straw into piles with sticks, is suddenly drafted into another saving the world from an alien invasion! Can he manage both jobs? Well perhaps, if a compulsively cursing alcoholic super genius and his co-ed groupies combine talents with a cigar chomping Italian whose air-headed secretary inadvertently gives him unlimited pentagon funding, and then help out Tonto's owners, who think politicians are almost as smart as lizards and even smarter than grasshoppers. Get ready for a wild and crazy ride with Tonto and his friends, the most amazing characters Darrell Bain has created so far in his eclectic writing career! This is a science fiction story so insane that it only begins to make sense when it's discovered that the aliens had a part in Tonto's conception to begin with!

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First published April 2, 2007

About the author

I grew up in an extremely poor family that was dysfunctional in many ways. We lived in the old segregated south, an era many of my readers have no knowledge of. This and a hardscrabble existence as well as an addictive personality gene(s) that apparently runs in our family shaped my life and played a part in me finally realizing a life-long dream and becoming a writer when I was about fifty years old. This autobiography, now in print and ebook both was begun in response to fans wanting to know more about me, and eventually one of my publishers thought it might make an interesting book. Many members from Betty’s side of the family were amazed at all the things they hadn’t known about me. You can judge for yourself now whether my publisher had the right idea of me doing an autobiography. I hope you are both entertained and possibly that some of you will learn a number of life’s lessons that I discovered the hard way!

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

BARK!

Tonto, a cross-eyed, ADHD affected little Weenie Dog with only one testicle is suddenly called upon to save the world from an alien invasion! Can he do the job? Well, perhaps, if a compulsively cursing alcoholic super-genius and his co-ed groupies combine forces with an cigar-chomping Italian from the pentagon and his air headed secretary. And of course they have to have help from Tonto's owners, who think politicians aren't much smarter than lizards.

Get ready for a wild and crazy ride with Tonto and his friends, the most amazing characters Darrell Bain has created in his eclectic writing career.
This is a science fiction novel so insane it only begins to make sense when it's discovered that the aliens had a part in Tonto's conception to begin with!

Darrell Bain: Fictionwise 2005 Author of the Year; Double Eppie Award winner 2007; Dream Realm Award 2007. www.darrellbain.com

[Bitten_by_Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a delightful little novella, definitely for adults, about a dachshund who alerts the world to an alien invasion. What happens during and as a result of that invasion is completely up to the humans around him...

For the entire review please go to the Best Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Review site on the web, Bitten By Books for the review of Bark! in it's entirety. You won't be sorry.

[AnnaM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious. Witty and thought-provoking.

Also a bit hard to get into for the first couple of pages but much easier going after the set-up. Loads of cussing. Lots of drinking and quite a few sex references, though no graphic sex at all.

The ending surprised me. The aliens were great. Every character was unique and different.

I liked all of the main characters, but Tonto in particular.

[Lori Whitwam · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short, fast, entertaining read. However, I thought it would be written in the point of view of Tonto the dog, and it wasn't. I got a bit confused about the propagation of the aliens, and how they thought their "solution" would ever eliminate them and the threat. The ending had a quirky twist that I'm not sure I find all that satisfying, but it wasn't a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

[Darrell Bain]

Even a cross eyed, autistic, addled little weenie dog with only one testicle still has a load of fun saving teh earth!

[Angie Heick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who doesn't want to read about an OCD mini dachsund alerting his humans about the alien invasion?

Unfortunately I found it a little unsatisfying. Not bad for a quick read, though.