Three Honest Men, Second Book In The Head Dragon Series |
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The Head Dragon Series' Synopsis & Analysis
Three Honest Men, Second Book In The Head Dragon Series, tells the story of Carl Mischler and Ed Moskalek. Carl doesn’t know that he falls within an FBI profile for a Latin American drug cartel operative, or that Ed Moskalek is an undercover FBI agent posing as a criminal defense attorney intent on gathering intelligence from Carl’s law practice and catching him in criminal activity. Ed uses Pui Chu Dong’s arrest to coerce her into participating in a sting to trap Carl. Pui Chu, believing Carl to be an honest player, gives him her contact numbers. Ed, ever vigilant, takes pictures of the meeting. Later, during a hearing to remove Carl from FBI surveillance, Ed reveals that Pui Chu, the Triads Head Dragon’s mistress, made contact with Carl by giving him her phone numbers, numbers the FBI shares with numerous law enforcement organizations, including the CIA, and argues the contact is likely to further criminal activity. Unbeknown to Carl, his brother, John Mischler agreed to provide services to Mossad as an assassin. Mossad betrays John when the CIA decides to hang his work on the Chinese. The CIA captures John and contacts Carl saying his brother needs help to escape capture in Tajikistan. Not knowing what to do, Carl calls Pui Chu. She retrieves John and nurses him back to health. Displeased with Pui Chu’s success, the CIA sends operatives to terminate John and Pui Chu in China days after their marriage, and while Carl is visiting.
Authors A.I.'s Marlowe Analysis
Overview - Three Honest Men is an ambitious international thriller that weaves together multiple storylines spanning immigration law, FBI operations, and global espionage activities.
Premise / Elevator Pitch - An immigration lawyer becomes entangled in international espionage when his mysterious client reveals connections to Chinese organized crime and his assassin brother disappears on a mission in Central Asia.
Potential Readers - Three Honest Men will appeal to readers who enjoy complex plots with interconnected characters and geopolitical intrigue.
Novel's Archetype - Three Honest Men is most similar to the Rags to Riches story archetype.
Genere & Story Type - Three Honest Men is primarily an International Thriller with strong elements of Espionage Fiction. The story also contains elements of the following:
Word Count - Three Honest Men contains about 94,821 words. While there are no hard-and-fast rules about minimum and maximum story lengths, there are industry traditions and reader expectations. Here’s a quick reference for typical word counts by genre:
For genre-bending works, the word count should typically align with the genre that has the higher range (e.g., romantic fantasy would follow fantasy’s 80,000-120,000 words). In some cases, indie authors choose to serialize a story — say, three fantasy novels of 40,000 words instead of one novel of 120,000 words.
Trigger Warnings - Three Honest Men contains graphic violence including detailed descriptions of combat injuries and deaths, references to sexual violence and exploitation in the context of organized crime operations, depictions of torture and physical abuse particularly involving vulnerable characters, and themes involving government surveillance and institutional manipulation that some readers may find disturbing given current political climates.