Carole T. (CatTrix58) reviewed on 5/1/2007

For one fateful weekend, the annual science fiction and fastasy convention, Rubicon, has all but taken over a usually ordinary hotel. Now the halls are alive with Trekkers, tech nerds, and fantasy gamers in their Viking finery--all of them eager to hail their hero, bestselling fantasy author Appin Dungannon: a diminutive despot whose towering ego more than compensates for his 5'1" height...and whose disdain for his fans is legendary.

Hurling insults and furniture with equal abandon, the author proceeds to alienate ersatz aliens and make-believe warriors at warp speed. But somewhere between the costume contest and the exhibition Dungeons & Dragons game, Dungannon gets done in. While die-hard fans wonder they'll go on and hucksters wonder how much they can get for the dead man's autographs, a hapless cop wonders, "Who would want to kill Appin Dungannon?" But real question, as the harried convention organizers know, is "Who wouldn't?"

I believe this is Sharyn McCrumbs first published title...and as you read, you can understand why McCrumbs is so published. Good story which won the Edgar award.

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