The Bully

He isn’t angry. He isn’t vengeful. He simply doesn’t care.

Laro Basar is not human. He looks like one—mostly—but the resemblance ends there. He feels no empathy, no hesitation, and no moral weight. He moves through the world with the unstoppable certainty of a natural disaster, acting on impulse and instinct alone.

On his home planet of Kharvos in the Virellion Expanse, he was already a bully. On Earth, he becomes something far more dangerous—a force humanity is wholly unprepared to face.

Part science fiction thriller, part psychological descent, THE BULLY explores what happens when the most dangerous force in the world isn’t hatred or vengeance… but indifference

©2026 Riano D. McFarland (P)2026 Riano D. McFarland

A Good Listen

A thriller about Laro Basar, a being who looks human but lacks all empathy, becoming a dangerous, unpredictable force on Earth. This was another good listen by a favorite author of mine, with narration by Robert Failla that was perfect for the character and wonderfully done.