Lee Loughridge – författare

"A thrilling debut that mixes quirky sci-fi with stunning visuals." —GonkBonk Imagine if a master manipulator was able to bend time to his will. . . STANDSTILL is a high-stakes thriller, featuring dark, morally ambiguous characters that begs you to answer the question: If you could stop time, what wouldn't you do?Meet Ryker Ruel, an enigmatic, lecherous and clinically insane sociopath who is suddenly in possession of a top-secret device that can freeze time! Now, as the bodies of world leaders pile up, famous works of art go missing, and other strange crimes dominate the headlines, only the device’s creator, a run-of-the-mill science geek, knows what’s happening and sets out to stop Rykers' seemingly endless revenge tour. Collects issues #1-8.

Government assassin, Jack Knife, arrives in Lake Como to retrieve Rykers time-stopping device by any means necessary. The only wrinkle is, Ryker has an unexpected visitor that may spoil Jack''s best laid plans.

The 64-page grand finale! The ending you've all been waiting for! The series concludes with Ryker and Colin feverishly fighting off government born and bred assassin, Jack Knife, who now has a device of his own! This may not bode well for Ryker and Colin. Who knows, maybe you'll get a happy ending....or not...or both....or neither.

Upon arriving in Karachi, Pakistan, Ryker decides to antagonize the local target killers. All the while, Kate and Colin are back home chasing down clues in hopes to find out who''s been brutally abusing their time-stopping device.

Ryker Ruel appears to be wrapping up his revenge tour. He does, however, have one last stop before he flees the country...the home of scientist Colin Shaw. It's time the devices abuser meets face to face with its creator.

Colin convinces Kate to break into their former lab to procure necessary chemicals for the construction of their new time-stopping device. All the while, Ryker is settling an old score with a Beverly Hills housewife/reality star. Massive spoiler...she loathes every terrifying minute.

Colin and Kate suffer through the completion and testing of their latest time-stopping device, while elsewhere, Ryker is settling a score with an affluent drug dealer in the only way he sees fit. Will Colin and Kate be next on Rykers list?