Uprising: The Suspense Thriller

by Randy Boyd

Overview

A world-renowned pop music icon. A legendary basketball star. A billionaire cable-TV mogul.

All rich. All famous. All closeted. All about to secretly join forces with a renegade band of activists to ignite the next wave in the gay rights revolution, a radical wave they hope will culminate in the assassination of The Right’s most revered anti-gay champion, a long-time, southern U.S. Senator.

Together, the Three Wisemen, as they come to call themselves, and their foot soldiers, the activists, become an underground force to be reckoned with. A force the FBI intends to bust by sending in undercover agent Raider Kincaide, straight and homophobic but chosen because he’s one of the bureau’s best and also because he’s a muscular and athletic blond.

And on e of the Three Wisemen has a weakness for muscular and athletic blonds.

A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, from the mansions of the Hollywood Hills to the casinos of Atlantic City, from the NBA playoffs to the back roads of the Deep South.

A political thriller and roller coaster ride of a novel that asks: Which side will you be on?

1999 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Men’s Mystery
1999 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Small Press Title

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151998208
Publisher:	Randy Boyd
Publication date:	06/14/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Randy Boyd’s four novels have been nominated for five Lambda Literary Awards. His writings cover a diverse range of subjects, including sports, politics, race, the gay community, HIV/AIDS, his dog, President Obama, and Trikke carving vehicles, much of it on his blog, Randy Boyd's Blocks. His fiction has appeared in Blackfire magazine, as well as the following anthologies: Certain Voices (Alyson Books); Flesh and the Word 2 (Plume); Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (Other Countries); Flashpoint: Gay Male Sexual Writing (Masquerade Books), MA-KA: Diasporic Juks (Sister Vision); and Freedom in this Village: Black Gay Men's Writing 1969 to the Present (Carroll & Graf). His nonfiction has been featured in the Indiana Word, Frontiers Magazine, Au Courant, The Washington Blade, The James White Review, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The Lambda Book Report, BeyondChron.com and the anthology Friends and Lovers: Gay Men Write About the Families They Create (Dutton). Randy has also been a contributor to Outsports.com and the publications of the Black AIDS Institute.

What People are Saying About This

Larry Bailey

I enjoyed the fast pace and well defined characters. Othello, the rock star who mingles with gay organizations disguised as an old man, and Raider, the hunky, straight (?) undercover FBI agent....collide in their own pursuits of justice and love. Uprising is a novel that I couldn¹t put down until I finished it. --(Larry Bailey of The Open Book in Sacramento)

Richard Labonte

I hope Randy Boyd's rowdy political thriller is flattered by much imitation, since it¹s one of the best adventure reads I¹ve encountered in many a year--and certainly the most original.--(Richard Labonte, general manager for A Different Light bookstores SF, NY, LA)

Editorial Reviews

Not only is Uprising thoroughly entertaining as a suspense thriller, [it] deals frankly and directly with some of the most important issues of our age.

Blade Newsmagazine

A provocative and compelling new tome that is decidedly not politically correct. The story, part thriller, part love story, adds up to a morality tale that basically asks the reader: is violence ever justified?

IN Los Angeles Magazine

Flabby dialogue and a predictable plotline prevail, and steamy scenes meant to titillate merely fizzle. Where many novels provide plots and characters, Uprising offers only hope to undertalented writers who wonder if they will ever score a book deal.
— The Advocate

Robert L. Pela

[Randy Boyd]is a book-smart brother to watch out for...Uprising offers a surprise at every turn.

Kick Magazine