Gun Runners is the explosive first entry in a high-octane synthwave book series that dives headfirst into the neon-soaked chaos of 1980s Miami, blending hyper-stylized action with meticulous historical authenticity. It’s a violent, stylish, and cinematic saga about loyalty, betrayal, power—and the cost of becoming legends.
At its core, Gun Runners follows a group of arms dealers trying to carve out their empire in the blood-soaked streets of South Florida. These are not your average criminals—they are ex-agents, ex-champions, and outcasts, each with a past, a code, and a bone to pick with the world. It’s the origin of a crew that becomes known as The Gun-Runners, and the moment everything changes.
🔥 What the Book Is
This book is more than a crime thriller. It’s a full-blown throwback to the real 1980s, capturing the spirit of a decade that gave us VHS action movies, muscle cars, leather gloves, juke boxes, cassette decks, and the kind of cinematic violence that belonged on a grainy screen in a smoke-filled theater.
It’s drenched in synthwave aesthetics—neon signs buzzing over cracked pavement, guitar riffs slicing through the night, and chrome machines roaring past pastel skylines. But beneath the glow is a gritty, accurate tribute to the actual decade. You’ll hear Laura Branigan on the cassette player. You’ll smell the sweat on a gym mat. You’ll feel the click of a gun hammer in a dark alley. This world is alive, and it’s dangerous.
🎬 The Bigger Picture
Gun Runners is Part 1 of a sprawling saga, laying the foundation for a larger story arc. This series isn’t just one straight line—it branches out into standalone storylines:
- Mainline Story: Follows the rise, fall, and reckoning of the Gun-Runners as they battle crime syndicates, government agencies, and their own demons.
- Character Spin-Offs: Some characters—like the Speed Brothers, Buster Jones, or ATF agents Roxy Delgado and Vanessa Carter—will break off into their own fully realized standalone novels. These stories intersect with the main narrative, but can be read independently, offering deeper insight into the world’s most compelling figures.
You’re not just reading one book. You’re entering a shared universe of interconnected stories, all rooted in the underworld of 1980s Miami.
📼 Synthwave Meets Gritty Realism
While the book leans heavily into Synthwave—a genre of music and style that reimagines the 1980s through neon-soaked nostalgia—it never becomes a parody. Everything is grounded in reality. The weapons are real. The operations are dirty and plausible. The characters bleed. There’s nothing cartoonish about the stakes.
The music, cars, technology, and dialogue are pulled straight from the era:
- Cassettes spinning in deck-mounted players.
- Bootcut jeans and band tees soaked in sweat and gunpowder.
- VHS tapes rented from corner video stores.
- Payphones ringing in the night.
It’s authentic. It’s electric. And it’s brutal.
📚 ISBN & Purchase Info
📘 Gun Runners
📚 Published by Outrun Books
💥 Neon-noir. Synthwave. Guns. Retro.
- Paperback ISBN: 9781068465611
- eBook ISBN: 9781068465604
- Genres: Action | Crime | Neon-Noir
💽 Available soon at:
Specialty synthwave & cyberpunk retailers
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