The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is the pulp thriller Fun and Games, the first installment in Marvel Comics writer Duane Swierczynski‘s planned novel trilogy, for only $1.99 (that’s down 80% from the suggested retail price of $9.99).

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Thursday, October 20, 2011, until 11:59pm PST.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of Fun and Games, the book is also available in paperback for $10.19.

The second book, Hell and Gone comes out on October 31, 2011, with the final installment, Point and Shoot due out on March 7, 2012. Both books are available for pre-order in paperback and eBook.

Cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynsk’s Fun and Games is the first of three explosive pulp thrillers.