Dire Means    by Geoffrey Neil
Price: $2.99 USD. 128250 words. Published on June 20, 2010. .
A ruthless vigilante uses terror to transform the affluent, coveted beach-side city of Santa Monica California. His ingeniously-targeted campaign of fear ends homelessness in days, curing public apathy toward the impoverished. Dire Means weaves a tale of a city under siege, its citizens forced to flaunt the Golden Rule as the only way to survive. Only one person can end the nightmare.