The Pretzel-Benders

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A young criminal accountant a modern sex slave and a Berkeley local with a troubling homicidal urge wreak havoc as they pursue their unique freedoms while sinister interests seek to control them or destroy them.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>---</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1)>In the shadowy depths of San Francisco's criminal underworld and in the discreet macabre underbelly of its sibling across the Bay Bridge Berkeley a storm is brewing. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1)> Little known for unfettered homicide the body count in Berkeley is about to spike when Joseph the accountant of San Francisco's leading crime queen Ma arrives in town in pursuit of refuge with her henchmen trailing his shadow. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1)>The matter of retrieval however will prove less than elementary for Ma's accomplices when a singular Berkeley local finds her path colliding with theirs to disastrous effect. All the while one of Ma's once-loyal servants attempts her escape from her life as a modern sex slave likely leaving the lives of her abettors and aggressors altered with devastating finality. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1)>Fate luck and cold meticulous plotting will spark chaos as the days unfold delivering joy to the fortunate few and despair to the many caught in the crossfire. In this gripping tale of twisted loyalties and familial bonds the dark underbellies of San Francisco and Berkeley converge in a chilling showdown with devastating consequences.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(13 13 13 1)>Brace yourself for a journey where freedom comes at a price and few emerge unscathed.</strong></p>