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Come and Hunt a Rich Man
Come and Hunt a Rich Man
Come and Hunt a Rich Man
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The world has changed. The rich have been dispossessed of their income and thrown into prison camps. They have been in those camps for 17 years. Under the new rules a man may be a millionaire but he cannot have two million. Everyone has money and the people are happy again. Once a year the annual games take place in Dallas which is where the revolution began. Anyone may apply to be in the Games and if their idea is good enough then they get to participate and they get to make a kill. The Games are watched by two billion people around the world. More than one thousand of the former rich have been released from prison for they get to take part in the Games too but this time they will be the victims. The Games start tomorrow in Dallas and banners for the Games are everywhere. The place to be is Dallas and Steve Hewson, the man who kick started the revolution will be there. As long as Steve is able then he will make the first kill.

We watch and the loudspeakers echo across the arena setting up the scene, giving the history, reminding the crowd of how it once was. A man in a suit walks into the arena. He is the last surviving executive officer of the Fortune 500 company that Steve once worked for. This man once earned $1.7 million a year with another $4 million in bonuses. Many in the crowd shake their heads in disgust when they hear those numbers. And now the crowd are on their feet and they are all roaring and they are roaring the name of the games. The camera pans in and the images are sent around the world. Everyone is yelling and they are all yelling the same thing. "Come, hunt a rich man. Come, hunt a rich man. Come hunt a rich man."

The Games begin. Let's watch.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMike Ward
Release dateApr 27, 2016
ISBN9781310177897
Come and Hunt a Rich Man
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Mike Ward

Mike Ward was born in Glasgow, Scotland and currently lives in Florida, United States with his wife and two children. He is the author of two novels, two non-fiction books and six series of novellas:Parallel Realities seriesThe House on Mars seriesJacksonville Jack seriesStephen Haggerty Assassin seriesLisa Molin Assassin seriesDangerous Scotsman seriesHe is also the author of 60 short stories and novellas

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    Come and Hunt a Rich Man - Mike Ward

    Come and Hunt a Rich Man

    by Mike Ward

    (Author of The Banker With a Face Full of Evil)

    Cover photo taken in Jacksonville, Florida by Mike Ward

    Copyright 2016 Mike Ward

    Published by Mike Ward at Smashwords

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    Excerpt from The Banker With a Face Full of Evil

    Come and Hunt a Rich Man

    The world has changed. The rich have been dispossessed of their income and thrown into prison camps. They have been in those camps for 17 years. Under the new rules a man may be a millionaire but he cannot have two million. Everyone has money and the people are happy again. Once a year the annual games take place in Dallas which is where the revolution began. Anyone may apply to be in the Games and if their idea is good enough then they get to participate and they get to make a kill. The Games are watched by two billion people around the world. More than one thousand of the former rich have been released from prison for they get to take part in the Games too but this time they will be the victims. The Games start tomorrow in Dallas and banners for the Games are everywhere. The place to be is Dallas and Steve Hewson, the man who kick started the revolution will be there. As long as Steve is able then he will make the first kill.

    We watch and the loudspeakers echo across the arena setting up the scene, giving the history, reminding the crowd of how it once was. A man in a suit walks into the arena. He is the last surviving executive officer of the Fortune 500 company that Steve once worked for. This man once earned $1.7 million a year with another $4 million in bonuses. Many in the crowd shake their heads in disgust when they hear those numbers. And now the crowd are on their feet and they are all roaring and they are roaring the name of the games. The camera pans in and the images are sent around the world. Everyone is yelling and they are all yelling the same thing. Come and hunt a rich man. Come and hunt a rich man. Come and hunt a rich man. The Games begin. Let's watch.

    We watch as Steve pulls his magnum 44 out of its holster. On the day the revolution began, Steve put 37 bullets into the CEO of his company and that's exactly how many bullets he has now. The man in the suit has been hobbled and his hands have been tied in front of him. The loudspeakers tell us the story for it has been 17 years and there are teenagers here who were not even born when all this happened. And while the loudspeakers tell us what happened Steve Hewson walks towards the man in the suit. The Father of the Revolution is still in good shape, his arms are strong and the muscles stand out in his wrists as he lifts the magnum 44. Six shots ring out and the man in the suit takes all six of them in the face. He goes down screaming while Steve calmly reloads. The next six are going into the man's balls, the crowd knows this and they are roaring for blood. Steve raises the gun in readiness and the screams of the man in the suit get louder, this time rising in tempo. He won't last long, that much is obvious - who would with all those bullets in him. Steve has reloaded and he's shooting again, this time into the balls. Blood is everywhere, the ground is saturated with it but there's plenty more to come. Steve reloads for the third time and the bullets are flying again, this time into the torso. We're almost halfway there but Steve has another 19 bullets to go and the crowd is roaring for blood. The faces are excited, especially in the older ones, the ones who lived through the hard times of forced overtime, shitty pay and lousy food. They yell for blood as Steve reloads again and the cameramen take a moment to zoom in and show the suffering of the man in the suit. He will be dead in seconds and the producer wants the last gasps in full color.

    Steve has reloaded, the cameramen pull back and we watch parts of the man's skull fly off as Steve shoots and shoots and shoots. We see the rage on Steve's face and we realize he is back there to that day 17 years ago and we are with him for he is the man that freed us. Steve kicks the man in what's left of his face, turns him onto his back and fires another six bullets into him. The man's heart has stopped pumping but blood is still leaking out everywhere and the sand in the arena is stained with it. Steve reloads again and this time he's calm and his anger has subsided. This time he puts all

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