Epitome of Evil

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Jack Michaels and Sarah Garvey stand in stark contrast to the coddled college students packed up by parents and dropped off every fall at university dorms, where the ethereal world of academia rarely intersects with brutal reality. Juggling full time jobs with taxing class schedules, the self-reliant couple are recruited by their advisor to secure evidence disputing the official findings of the Kerner Commission, twenty years after the devastating 1967 Detroit riots.

Their innocent inquiry triggers a barrage of bizarre life-threatening events from a cabal of prominent city officials determined to conceal their misdeeds; a wealthy sociopath, who considers violence an aphrodisiac; and, an elusive serial killer hell bent on revenge for disturbing his lair. The trio unleash a torrent of indiscriminate violence resulting in multiple murders, assaults, kidnapping, rape and arson.

Unable to trust the police, Jack enlists the aid of his fellow Dearborn Beer Distributor warehouse workers. A rag-tag group of misfits better suited as circus roustabouts than professional sentinels: Roy Blue, an ex-con former gang leader, now head hi-lo driver and professional gambler; Jimmy Pepatino, foreman and retired semi-pro hockey player who still sports his stolen No. 9 Red Wings hockey jersey, roller-blades and stick, as everyday attire; Max Torpo, forklift operator and former Vietnam tunnel rat, still suffering with PTSD; and, Rodeo, the mechanic, who is just plain insane.

Their hilarious unconventional methods to liberate their “college boy” buddy and his sweetheart from a quagmire of death and destruction provides a roller-coaster ride of thrills.