“Would you sell your soul for an ice cream van? As Danny struggles to keep his ice cream van on the road he meets Stan, a mysterious stranger, at a crossroads at midnight. Spitting in his palm, Stan shakes on a deal with Danny to fix up Nellie, Danny’s rusty, vintage, ice cream van. And so, Danny’s life improves dramatically, but a few years on he can no longer face the daily routine of endless cheerful customers and excellent profits. Seeking supernatural advice, Danny learns there is a solution, but can he fulfill the task to free himself from Stan and break his contract?”
I read the first book in Jack Barrow’s Hidden Masters urban fantasy series, The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil: A Hard Drinking Occult Adventure with Gambling… and Frivolous Trousers (<==click/tap for my review), over a decade ago. It remains to this day one of the most bold, silly and absurd things I've ever read. And to be clear, I mean silly and absurd in the same vein the Monty Python crew quite often ventured boldly into the silly and absurd. So when I found out Jack was not only working on a long-awaited second book in the series but had written a prequelesque novella, Sundae Driver: A story of Dan and Stan, with Zelda and the Welder, to introduce readers to the Hidden Masters universe, I was pleased indeed. That Sundae Driver has a Halloween theme to boot? Well, the timing couldn’t be more perfect.
If you like off-the-wall adventures and have the type of sense of humor that appreciates the absurd, Sundae Driver: A story of Dan and Stan, with Zelda and the Welder is available from Amazon US and Amazon UK. Or, you can get a FREE download of Sundae Driver by signing up for Jack’s email newsletter via his site. Happy Halloween!
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