The Machinist, First Book In The Head Dragon Series

The Head Dragon Series consists of five novels: The Machinist completed at 85,510 words; Three Honest Men completed at 93,542 words; Me Boy completed at 97,228 words; The Evil Within completed at 88,837 words; and The Fall Of Kingdoms completed at 80,173 words. The Series tells Houri Ranshoff’s life story. She is a young Persian girl given up by her father to settle a debt he could not repay, sexually abused, tortured and sold into prostitution, Houri is bought by an international assassin who changes her life path, a path that takes her through a career as a Mossad agent filled with world-class depravity, intrigue and destruction after which Houri accepts a professorship in England where she publishes her thoughts on the only subject she ever cared about. The outcome of her inventiveness and willingness to help others changes the world in which she lives.

The Machinist, First Book In The Head Dragon Series, tells the story of John Mischler, an assassin who travels the world plying his trade. John frequented every whorehouse and call girl throughout Southeast Asia while working as a military assassin. When his enlistment ends, John enters a vocational school. His life changes when his friend, a CIA operative from his time in Southeast Asia, recruits him back into his old profession. Complications arise, and John’s missions force him to make choices repugnant to his sensibilities. He buys Houri Ranshoff out of prostitution to be his male guide. They form a strong bond as they save each other’s life. Unhappy with Houri's involvement, the CIA seeks to terminate her with extreme prejudice. John confronts himself in deciding Houri's fate. The process transforms him from an avid womanizer into a person who values a young girl’s life. John redirects Houri's life path by providing his services to Mossad in return for her safety. The CIA fires John for involving Houri and strictly forbids him from hawking his services under pain of death.