The Second Shooter

“Mamatas writes in a witty, sassy style that invigorates his narrative.” -- Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
“Among the best... Mamatas plays fair with the mystery elements, the stakes keep rising, and it all builds toward a satisfying conclusion.” -- Locus Magazine * Locus Magazine *
“Gradually becomes more complex... There’s a cinematic element to it, but it’s also unafraid to explore some deeply weird places.” -- Tor.com * Tor.com *
“A trippy, imaginative treat.” -- Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews *
“A brilliant, brutal and highly entertaining thriller." -- Cara Hoffman, author of So Much Pretty and RUIN
"The Second Shooter is a magic trick of a book, where it seems like every turn of the page blasts you off into an entirely unexpected direction—and yet, Mamatas keeps you rooted with great characters and a maddeningly relevant plot. Most authors could not pull this off, and he makes it look easy." -- Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse
"One of the best conspiracy thrillers I've read in a long time. Think Michael Marshall's The Straw Men meets Fringe but highly original in its own way. Clever and addictive, The Second Shooter will have you reading late into the night — and looking for mysterious drones in the sky the next time you're outside." -- Robert Swartwood, USA Today bestselling author of The Serial Killer's Wife
"Nick Mamatas' The Second Shooter is a brilliantly original and very funny commentary on modern American life. It's Lethem meets Amis, in a journey into paranoia about the corrupt and byzantine machines that made us tick." -- Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors
"Nick Mamatas has looked, probably more closely than is strictly good for him, at the paranoid landscape of conspiracy theory, and has come up with a novel that manages the difficult trick of being both deeply disturbing and very funny. I liked it a lot." -- Dave Hutchinson, author of Europe in Autumn
"A smart, scary, mind-boggling ride." * Publishers Weekly *
"The Second Shooter is a sublime, clever and humorous dive into the murky waters of human perception and existence in a USA where nothing is real anymore." -- Starburst * Starburst Magazine *
"Mamatas offers plenty of scathing commentary on gun violence and misuse of social media in a novel that is both smart and topical" -- Financial Times * The Financial Times *
"A very thoughtful, funny and often exciting book." -- SFX Magazine * SFX Magazine *
"An entertaining thriller, amusing and disturbing by turns in its depiction of contemporary American obsessions." -- The Guardian * The Guardian *
"The ideal reader is someone who really liked both Twin Peaks and The X-Files, and getting stoned while watching both of them. God knows there's a Venn diagram somewhere for that and I hope the book finds its people as cult novels eventually do." -- Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"Mamatas has a firm grip on contemporary culture and conspiracy theories and an even firmer understanding of the morally dubious losers who make noir worth reading.” -- The Washington Post * The Washington Post *