You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

<b>"A manically funny farce, both delightfully absurd and strangely plausible." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br /><br /><b><i>From zero to hero…</i></b><br /><br />James Flynn is an expert shot, a black belt in karate, fluent in four languages and irresistible to women. He’s also a heavily medicated patient in a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital. Flynn believes his locked ward is the headquarters of Her Majesty’s Secret Service and that he is a secret agent with a license to kill. <br /><br />When the hospital is acquired by a new HMO, Flynn is convinced that the Secret Service has been infiltrated by the enemy. He escapes to save the day, and in the process, Flynn kidnaps a young Hispanic orderly named Sancho. <br /><br />This crazy day trip turns into a very real adventure when Flynn is mistaken for an actual secret agent. Paranoid delusions have suddenly become reality, and now it’s up to a mental patient and a terrified orderly to bring down an insecure, evil genius bent on world domination.<br /><br /><b>Editorial Reviews:</b><br /><br />“A brilliant homage to everyone’s favorite super-spy, and a hilarious, action-packed, made-for-the-movies thriller about a man suavely dancing along both sides of the thin line between heroism and madness.” —Matt Forbeck, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Halo: New Blood</i><br /> <br />“Pacey and unrepentant fun, Haris Orkin’s <i>You Only Live Once</i> takes the James Bond mythos, gives it a swift kick in the backside and steals its wallet.” —James Swallow, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Nomad </i> <br /><br />“Fill shaker with ice. Add equal parts Ian Fleming and Quentin Tarantino. Shake (do not stir). Garnish with Douglas Adams, and you get <i>You Only Live Once</i>, a delicious martini as dry as the dusty California desert.” —Dan Jolley, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the Gray Widow Trilogy<br /><br />“Haris Orkins’ <i>You Only Live Once</i> is a tour de force, brilliant, hilarious, and moving. Written with stunning style, it’s James Bond meets <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest</i>, with a generous dollop of <i>Don Quixote</i> thrown in. All captured in prose that scintillates and pops, the book exploding in an extraordinary climax that is wildly funny and deeply moving.” —David Scott Milton, award-winning author of <i>Paradise Road</i><br /><br />“If you’re looking—and who isn’t?—for a sexy, slapstick, razzle-dazzle, rock’em-sock’em re-imagining of Don Quixote as James Bond emerging from deep cover in a mental hospital to save the world, Haris Orkin’s hilarious yet touching <i>You Only Live Once<i></i> is the book for you.” —Charles Harper Webb, award-winning author of <i>Brain Candy</i><br /><br />“<i>You Only Live Once<i></i> makes for an engrossing read offering many satisfying twists and turns. Fans of thrillers will be delighted by the various nuances Haris Orkin brings to the table as he introduces a quasi-hero who ultimately faces success despite himself. A healthy dose of humor and irony is added to create a story about a misfit in search of a mission.” —D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, <i>Midwest Book Review</i><br /></i></i>