The Magic Key Cards: A Humorous Science Fiction Conspiracy Theory Spy Thriller

The Magic Key Cards, a fun, strange science fiction novella about a hapless hero named Jack who by some random coincidence learns about an evil secret society that rules the world and obtains a magical item capable of defeating them, an item conveniently disguised as something no sane person would ever look for: a Libertarian Party membership card. Jack goes on a quest to save the world, and comedy and chaos ensue.
Jack is a literary agent's assistant who reads crazy, cheesy conspiracy theory spy thriller novels for a living. Now, his boss is murdered, two mysterious men are looking for him, and he just found a strange magical object or alien technology that might save the world. And he used to be just a nice, normal, good-natured guy, who believes in peace and love. Guided by some weird people he meets along the way, Jack will experience a reality stranger than any novel he's ever read. Jack is no spy, and, ever so far from being graceful or suave or sophisticated, he is as awkward and clumsy and simple as is humanly possible, but he won't let that stop him from trying to save the world. Will Jack survive?

Russell Hasan was born the son of a white Jewish mother and a dark-skinned Muslim father—and that isn't the strangest thing about him. His father had ties to the mafia—nope, not the weirdest thing about him. He thought he was a gay man for many years before realizing he is agender asexual—relatively normal compared to what truly makes him strange. Do you want to know what the weirdest, strangest thing about Russell is?
He's a WRITER.
Yes, that's right. He writes. Why? How? Why would he want to do that to himself? How could he allow this to happen to himself? He is still trying to figure that one out. Therapy can cure lots of things and alcohol and drugs can cure other things, but the only cure for being a writer is to write, so he writes. He's not into BDSM, yet for some reason he has chosen to punish himself by having a passion for writing and a need to write. Despite having made the huge mistake of choosing to be a writer, his books have sold over 10,000 copies, so perhaps it was not the worst mistake he ever made after all. He does not have one particular bestseller but has instead spread those 10,000 sales across many books he wrote. His magical journey of self-torture begins when he has the idea for a new book, and then continues when he wakes up at 6am to write from 6am to 8am before work every day (he has a day job—he's not insane! His day job is being a lawyer, the most boring, evil job in the world, by the way), and, after many cups of Starbucks matcha tea and Coca Cola (never Pepsi—yuck!) he somehow puts words onto a page. He has written 30 books, both nonfiction and fiction, but, as something of a twist on the traditional successful indie author model, he is known more for his indie nonfiction, not his fiction. But he does write fiction. Some of his fiction is good too, probably, he hopes.