Littlethumb Brooks is an internationally renowned artist suffering a life of great tragedy. While the world knows Littlethumb as a famous painter, he secretly moonlights as the operational force behind his uncle's globetrotting team of soldiers of fortune, the Electric Medicine Men. When Littlethumb's most famous collection of paintings, The Marias , is stolen, it's up to the Electric Medicine Men to recover them. Along the way the team discovers a world-changing invention, a villainous syndicate marches toward global upheaval, and a disturbed journalist unleashes his misguided wrath on our hero. Navigating all of this madness, Littlethumb's greatest challenge is conquering the fear he'll never be able to safely raise his daughter. "A mercurial page turner. Libraries seeking literary explorations paired with speculative fiction's best representation of surreal atmosphere will welcome Saving Maria . Steeped in irony, strong characters, a wry observational style and situations that simmer with thought-provoking passages, Saving Maria is simply outstanding. Highly recommended." - D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review "A mind-bending, heart-wrenching, and often hilarious ride, Saving Maria is a penetrating satire with a touch of Vonnegut's whimsy and Murakami's surreal introspection. Equal parts action thriller, philosophical meditation, social critique, and absurdist comedy, Memphis' novel is shrewdly insightful and unforgettable." -The Independent Review of Books "Like stepping onto a roller coaster where you're never sure if you'll plunge into an action-packed heist, a heartfelt moment, or a quirky meta joke. Witty, fast-paced, and packed with surprises, a book that combines the thrills of an action film with the playfulness of a satirical novel and still manages to tug at your heartstrings. Perfect for fans of genre-bending fiction that doesn't just entertain, but winks at you while doing it. Saving Maria delivers." - Alex Norton, Likely Story "A fourth-wall-breaking spree of vigilante action and international rabble-rousing, Saving Maria by Truant Memphis is a surreal tale. Laced with wry wit and off-kilter, unpredictable prose reminiscent of Tom Robbins, this farcical novel is both strange and sharp, touching on everything from grief, geopolitics, and societal oppression to kung-fu monkeys, Hitler's grandson, and the transformative power of art, for a whimsical novel with incisive depth." -Self-Publishing Review "Memphis makes his return with this postmodern saga about grief, rebellion, and the redemptive chaos of love. A chaotic, hilarious, heart-shredding novel for readers who like their fiction unruly and true. This is a story about what it means to survive loss without letting it define you. About turning pain into resistance. About absurdity as salvation. The structure is loose, the plot digresses, and the jokes are often as devastating as the grief beneath them, but if you surrender to its rhythm, the story is unforgettable." -Bookview Review Truant D. Memphis is also the author of Littlethumb Sneezed, Post Oh!pocalypto Poppycock, Daffodil, and the novella The Boy Who Fell from the Past. He's written for the stage, performed in theater and on film, and curated multiple religious texts into one giant book of rules titled Meditations With Monkeys. When he isn't writing, he's painting or exercising or listening to music or watching screen content or reminiscing about the good ol' days or thinking about tomorrow or noodling with an instrument or ranting about the nature of existence. Or, walking with his best friend, a lil' doggie named Roscoe. You might find Truant and Roscoe roaming the streets of Louisville, KY, kicking rocks. You will know them by the smiles on their faces. Peace.