Eric is doing well for himself. In his reckless youth he used drugs, kept pace with thugs, and worked as a runner for a mobster. But with age he settled down, married the love of his life, Emma, and has a prosperous job with a prestigious advertising agency. Life is good. Until the day Eric’s past comes back to haunt him and his world gets turned upside down.
His old boss, mobster Nicholas Dove, shows up at Eric’s house with two thugs in tow. As the thugs smash the place up, Nicholas “requests” Eric’s help. It seems Nicholas has been put on the Death List, and he demands Eric do whatever it takes to get his name removed. If Eric doesn’t get Nicolas off the Death List, his thugs will kill Eric’s wife. Sounds like a pretty standard setup for a crime story, right? Well, actually there’s a little hitch in the giddyap.
Did I mention that Eric is a plush bear? Yep, he’s stuffed with fluff. As is Nicholas Dove, so named because he’s, well, a dove. Amberville, you see, isn’t populated by people, but by plush animals. They go to school, have jobs, get married, acquire bad habits and vices, love, hate…they behave just like we do. Except they’re plush. Yeah, a visit to Amberville is a hell of a ride, so buckle-up because here we go. (more…)
