Back in the late '80s/early '90s, someone described actors (and I use the term loosely) like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal as sort of "in-between" action stars: they were able to slake the public's thirst for more action movies by headlining films that debuted in between releases from major stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. It was a tactic that served them well; Seagal, for instance, became a household name thanks to films like Hard to Kill and Marked for Death , the latter of which I rank as among his best work - despite the now-laughable trailer below. (Hey, 20 years ago this was bad-ass.) In essence, there was room for more movies with other action stars. Someone just had to make them. In a similar vein, there's room for books other than those published by the traditional establishment. In fact, the public has proven to have a voracious appetite for the written word, and the mind-boggling success of so many self-publis...