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Name of Book: Trail of the Chupacabra: An Avery Bartholomew Pendleton Misadventure Author: Stephen Randel ISBN: 978-0988222519 Publisher: Knuckleball Press Part of a Series: Chupacabra Series Type of book: Mexico, humor, suspense, betrayal, gangs, Chupacabra, mystery, voodoo, Texas, Austin, global theories Year it was published: 2013 Summary: Avery Bartholomew Pendleton is back, and he’s just as crazy as ever. Avery is a paranoid loner obsessed with global conspiracy theories who spends most of his time crafting absurd and threatening letters to anyone who offends him. That means pretty much everyone. Still convinced of the existence of the mythical Mexican chupacabra*, Avery enlists the assistance of the Southwest Texas Revolutionary Armed Confederate Border Operations Militia (STRAC-BOM) and their manic leader, General X-Ray, to help him invade Mexico. Accompanied by Ziggy, a burned-out hippy, and an uncommonly large iguana named Nancy, the group follows the ad...

Name of Book: The Chupacabra: A Borderline Crazy Tale of Coyotes, Cash & Cartels Author: Stephen Randel ISBN: 9780988222502 Publisher: Knuckleball Press Part of a Series: The Chupacabra Misadventures Type of book: 2000s, letters, conspiracies, action, suspense, comedy, Mexico, cartel, mafia, Texas, Chupacabras Year it was published: 2012 Summary: He is called El Barquero. He makes his trade along the border, smuggling guns and killing without remorse. As he faces his one last mission, his perfect plan is unwittingly foiled by Avery, a paranoid loner obsessed with global conspiracy theories who spends most of his time crafting absurd and threatening letters to anyone who offends him. That means pretty much everyone. What unfolds is a laugh out loud dark comedy of madcap adventure stretching from Austin to the West Texas border featuring a lunatic band of civilian border militia, a group of bingo-crazed elderly ladies (one packing a pistol nearly as long as he...