Date Published: December 13, 2022
Publisher: Acorn Publishing
Agnew, a small farming community in south-central Texas, has just been obliterated in the nation’s worst rail accident in history. The President of the United States enlists cybersecurity expert, Mike Paxton, to lead the investigation and determine who is to blame.
As Mike seeks to uncover the truth behind the attack, more weapons of mass destruction are unleashed across the country in what appears to be an attempt to eradicate western society. Those who survive are forced into a near-apocalyptic existence: transportation, manufacturing, agricultural, and oil industries crumble, and economic collapse devastates America.
With time and resources running out, Mike must discover the cruel forces at play. Are these violent attacks merely a ploy to preoccupy the American government so a larger, global plan can be carried out without the threat of intervention by America’s powerful military defense? Will Mike and his team be able to stop them before it’s too late? Or will the United States lose all hope of maintaining its status as the most powerful country in the world?
MY READING ADDICTION INTERVIEW
Is There a Message in Your Novel
That You Want Readers to Grasp?
Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine is real and could lead to greater conflict. The coming together of the
Sunnis and Shiites is highly unlikely, but the amount of money available through
the illicit global drug trade, and terrorists interested in furthering their
own self-serving agenda is not. We need to be ever mindful of potential
terrorism capable of impacting our world in meaningful ways.
Is there anything you find
particularly challenging in your writing?
I tried to write a feasible
story where every sentence, every paragraph moved the story forward. The
challenge compounded because there are two stories and moving one forward often
set back the other one.
How many books have you written
and which is your favorite?
This is my first work
of fiction. I have an extensive medical and healthcare delivery systems
bibliography.
If You had the chance to cast
your main character from Hollywood today, who would you pick and why?
That would require
determining who the main character is, Mike Paxton, the American cybersecurity
expert who leads the successful search for those responsible for the attack on
America, or, Jamal Shehadi, and Omar and Ana Saleh, those responsible for the
attack’s design and the money required to complete it. I am not good at knowing
current actors but who ever played these parts would need to look very
ordinary.
When did you begin writing?
I began scientific and
medical writing forty plus years ago. The story that became my first fiction
book began thirteen years ago.
How long did it take to complete
your first book?
Thirteen years.
Did you have an author who
inspired you to become a writer?
Dee Pipes, a long-time
friend who writes with a co-author under the pen name Dee Wilber.
What is your favorite part of the
writing process?
Doing the research and
developing the story, wondering what if, and could that happen.
Describe your latest book in 4
words.
Thought-provoking, sobering,
feasible, explosive
Can you share a little bit about
your current work or what is in the future for your writing?
Domestic
Violence, a thriller, is born out of the forces that led to 9/11. That attack represents guerilla
warfare taken to the extreme. Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda demonstrated how a
minor assailant could engage and sustain a world power in long-term conflict on
their terms
After a series of attacks that
annihilated a quarter of a million people and endeavored to destroy the
transportation, petrochemical, and oil and gas infrastructures of the entire
nation, Mike Paxton, a cybersecurity expert is asked by the President to
spearhead our country’s efforts to identify and bring to justice those
responsible. His rhetorical response: How does one find a common thread when searching
for the electronic footprints of people you do not know, in places you have
never been, and left behind by smart men and women who took great pains to
conceal them? He promises dogged persistence in the collection of the bits of data
that will come from literally tons of physical evidence left in the wake of
these hideous crimes. He also vows to employ every possible resource at his
disposal, from the support of an international group of world class hackers
whose trust he has already earned, to the off-beat use of honeybees to help
sniff out storage lockers which may have been used as explosive depots for the
nationwide chain of destruction.
About the Author
Chuck Edmonds is a scientific writer whose military experience includes the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction. Most recently, his work has focused on mechanical circulatory support systems (partial and total artificial hearts), his field of specialization at one of the nation's leading cardiac centers. His research has appeared in national medical and surgical journals. He draws from his background of deep scientific knowledge to create his fictional works, which often incorporate apocalyptic and war themes. Chuck and his wife live in Houston, Texas, where they enjoy spending as much time as possible with their kids and grandkids.
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Twitter: @chuckedmondsauthor
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