The Town Book Store will be hosting Michael Carr, author of The Viking Pawn. Rik Rodriguez is a pawnbroker with a PhD. He spends his days at his shop in Atlantic City, New Jersey and spends his nights in the cavernous poker rooms of the City’s various casinos. He ruminates about his former service as a Navy SEAL and is renowned as one of the best technical divers in the game. When a stranger arrives in his shop looking to pawn a chest containing a Viking helmet, he is drawn into a web of international murder and mayhem involving his ex-lover and a maniacal mercenary with a private army at the ready. The Viking Pawn tells the story of one man’s journey to uncover the significance of mysterious Viking inscriptions and Templar landmarks throughout New England. In a race against time, he must piece together clues that could lead to one of the most significant treasures yet recorded.
Michael Carr teaches Creative Writing and Film at a private school in Morristown, NJ. He holds an MA in English from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School. The Viking Pawn is his first novel.
If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy of The Viking Pawn.
