Motorcycle racing is the rage in 1920s America. WWI vet, Eddy Pearson thinks his luck is changing when he wins a big race in Dayton, Ohio, but when he goes to collect his winnings, he has a run-in with the race promoter, who accuses him of cheating. He’s banned from major races in the North, so he heads south. In New Orleans, Eddy spots a poster in a shop window advertising “The Barrel of Death” - a carnival attraction at the local fairgrounds. Standing on the spectators’ platform, Eddy witnesses the spectacular crash of the daredevil motorcycle stunt driver and at that moment, realizes that opportunity has come knocking. Maybe my luck’s changing after all. Lawrence Montaigne is an American actor, writer, dancer, and occasional stuntman. As an actor, he is best known for his guest appearances on many 1960s-era television shows, including Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Mission Impossible, The Time Tunnel, The Invaders, Perry Mason, and McCloud. His motion picture appearances include roles in "The Great Escape," "Tobruk," "The Power," "Escape to Witch Mountain," and "Deadly Blessing." While under contract to Disney as an actor, in "Escape to Witch Mountain," he sold that studio the rights to his original script, "The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance" and was hired as assistant producer in the filming in Georgia. In 1966, Montaigne portrayed the Romulan Decius in the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror." A year later, he portrayed the Vulcan Stonn, a paramour of Spock's intended bride, T'Pring, in the episode "Amok Time," a role that he reprised in 2006 in the unofficial mini-series Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. His autobiography, "A Vulcan Odyssey," was published in 2007. "The Guardian List," his debut novel was published in 2012. "The Barrel of Death" is his second novel.