Ania Series Prequel
In this hard boiled crime novel, Frank Zafiro and Jim Wilsky team up for the fourth and final installment in the saga of Ania, the siren grifter who starred in Blood on Blood, Queen of Diamonds, and Closing the Circle.
Set on the sunny Gulf Coast of Florida, Harbinger centers around two lifelong friends and fishing charter boat partners, Boyd Tomlin and Hicks Ledoux. Boyd is the serious one who always makes sure things get done, and Hicks is the carefree one who always makes sure everyone has a good time.
But times aren’t so good. They are struggling to get charters, and bills are coming due. In desperate need of money, they consider smuggling drugs to make ends meet. By chance or fate, they meet two beautiful sisters who will change everything—a young Ania and her kid sister Karolyn. Hicks is immediately attached to the brash, confident Ania while Boyd gravitates toward Karolyn.
As romance blossoms, Boyd and Hicks quickly find themselves embroiled in the world of illegal drug trade, romance, danger and violence lurking around every corner.
Author’s Note: Despite wrapping up the journey of Ania Kozak in Closing the Circle, Jim Wilsky and I have long wondered what caused Ania to become…well, Ania. This prequel explores the answer to that question. The story is told in the now-familiar dual first person narrative with alternating chapters. I wrote Hicks Ledoux and Jim wrote Boyd Tomlin. While readers can choose to read this installment whenever they prefer, I think the meta-arc of the series plays best if they are read in the order of publication.
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Reviews:
“Harbinger harkens back to the nautical pulps that were popular once upon a time, featuring grizzled sailors, conniving dames, and smuggling opportunities. It’s a buddy story lIke Butch and Sundance, taking place on Florida’s enchanted Gulf Coast. Two veterans, former Marines. Trying to etch out a living taking fishing charters, paying bills, drinking, brawling, and womanizing. But, sometimes it happens that no matter how many hours you put in, an honest day’s work ain’t enough to keep you afloat. So maybe you cut a little corner, and before you know it, you’re deeper and deeper in it and the walls start closing in, suffocating you. You make a deal with the devil, you’ll be lucky to walk out with all your limbs and all your bodily functions going full steam ahead. Throw in a pair of bewitching, beguiling Polish sisters and a caper so thought out no one could ever be the wiser, and, by George, you got yourself a pretty good tale.”
– Dave Wilde, from a 5-star Amazon review
“Great book. Couldn’t put it down. The characters are so skillfully described that you could almost picture them. The story is so relatable in many ways. A must read!!!”
– Lucio Aguirre, from a 5=star Amazon review
Harbinger is the new prequel to the trilogy that begins with Blood on Blood
