Shatnerquake

Jeff Burk is the unhinged author of the novel Shatnerquake.

Some book titles manage to perfectly encapsulate the spirit of the novel they grace. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a great example of a high-concept title carrying the rest of the book along with it. Odd as it may seem, Shatnerquake is another.

It’s the near future, and William Shatner is reluctantly attending the world’s largest Shatner fan convention, ShatnerCon. Unfortunately for Bill, a cult of crazed Campbellian assassins has infiltrated the convention, determined to use surreal technology to wipe him out of all TV history. The device goes off, but rather than deleting Shatner’s TV personas as it is supposed to, it forces them all into reality. Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny Crane and more all find themselves catapulted out of their shows and into everyday life. Driven instantly mad by the horrifying awareness that they are nothing more than fragmentary shadows, they are all filled with the same wild urge — to usurp the real Bill Shatner’s place in reality. The hunt begins, and it will take all of Shatner’s hard-won Drunken Kung Fu skills if he’s to stand any chance of surviving the Con…

Yes, Shatnerquake is utterly insane. It’s also faced-paced, viciously bloody, barbed, dark, and very entertaining.

It’s free to download today — Nov 17th — so what the hell have you got to lose? Go grab Shatnerquake. I guarantee you will never read anything else like it.