Analytical skills

This is one of the situations that my AS professor has given me. The story goes like this- You are currently a SMU student( which I am currently) and you are very interested in writing mystery novels. You are so interested that your dream is to be a mystery novel writer. You have sent drafts after drafts of your work to many publication houses but all you got are rejections, so you feel that this might be the end of your dream of showing the world of your work.

During one faithful day, one of the publishers that rejected your works called and told you that they are willing to accept your work. However, there is one condition- your work will be published under someone else's name. You asked why, and the publisher said that one of their authors have run out of ideas and the author's bank( unpublished finished works) can only last for five more years. They feel that your works are very similar to the best selling author, so similar that it seems like the works are written by identical twins. Hence, they feel that it is a good idea to publish your works under his name as it is almost similar to a franchising strategy where one can use the 'brand' to market their work. Also, you will receive $500,000 for your first work and 50% of the subsequent proceeds from the books that you are penning in the future. This is a very attractive deal considering your current status as a SMU student. However, there is one dangerous cache- if you were to publish any of your mystery novel works under your own name someday, you will be killed by assassins.

The question is- will you accept or reject the deal?