Junior Ranger and the Bridge of Death
Category: Junior Ranger
Junior Ranger and the Essential Workers
Hack revived the Junior Ranger series as an uncharacteristic call for unity after the nationwide protests against police violence after the murder of George Floyd. As he was walking through one of the protests to deliver the manuscript to his publisher, Hack was brutally beaten by police officers.
Junior Ranger and the Deadly Virus of Mt. Corona
With Covid-19 in full swing, Hack decided to bring the Junior Ranger saga back to life to have Ranger Joe do battle with the virus. It had Hack’s usual scientific research and attention to detail.
Junior Ranger and the Secret of Mt. Baldy
Hack swore that this would be the last of the “Junior Ranger” saga because he was sick of parents complaining about the graphic sex scenes throughout the book. He wrote it after getting a letter from someone who claimed to be a 12 year-old boy undergoing chemotherapy who wanted a Junior Ranger book which showed that bald guys could get anal sex too. Several months after its publication, he met the correspondent who was really a 65 year-old accountant who suffered from alopecia.
Junior Ranger and the Killer Tigers of Yellowstone Park
Every time Hack wrote one of these Junior Ranger books he swore it would be the last one but kids loved them because while their parents thought they were wholesome stories for boys, they were actually packed with scenes of angry anal sex. In this one, a pack of man-eating tigers terrorize Yellowstone Park (Hack is adamant that wild tigers roam Yellowstone Park, despite all evidence to the contrary) and Ranger Joe has to disperse them gently and nonviolently. When he does, a gorgeous heiress who was camping at the park thanks him with a session of angry anal sex.
The Autobiography of Hack Werker
Hack had been approached to write his autobiography for decades but when he finally got around to it, his brain was so fried from alcohol and drug use that he could barely remember anything about his own life. The first fifty pages are an accurate depiction of his abusive relationship with his father but the rest of the book is accounts of sexual fantasies he’s had of women throughout his life; from major movie stars to supermarket cashiers he glanced at in passing. It became one of his all-time best sellers.
Junior Ranger and the Moment of Truth
When Hack was given a lift to a party by his cover artist Jonny M., it was only as he got into the car that he realized that it was a birthday party for Jonny’s brother Joe, the basis for the “Junior Ranger” series. So Hack wrote this book on the drive over and gave it to Joe as a present.
Junior Ranger and the Idiots of Shaver Lake
When his cover artist Jonny M.’s brother Joe (the basis for the Junior Ranger books) skinned his knee on a hike and acted like it was a life-threatening injury, Hack used it as the basis for this novel. To this day whenever the book is mentioned, he snaps “I was this close to contracting gangrene!” (Editor’s note: he was not anywhere close to it.)
Junior Ranger and the Sea Beast of Lake Balboa
Hack got the idea for this Junior Ranger book when he got drunk one night and insisted that he saw a sea monster swimming around in his publisher John Kane’s toilet. When Kane awoke the next morning and saw what Hack had actually left in the toilet, he said that a sea monster would have been far less frightening.
Junior Ranger and the Endangered Leopards of Lake Balboa
This is a run-of-the-mill Junior Ranger adventure where Ranger Joe saves some endangered leopards from poachers. There is one interesting scene where Joe has to dress up like a leopard and pretend to mate with one of the big cats, but you have to read the book to get the full impact.