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Title Page | A work of fiction's title page information and copytright. This fiction is soley for entertainment value. |
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View of Ulcinj, Montenegro where the Trawler crew focused on the Sunfish project. Ulcinj is pronounced as ool-cinch or alternately: ool-sing |
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Google Map scanning just above the water level looking towards Liman II Beach. The video camera was probably suspended from a helicoprer or drone. It allows for 360 view. It was useful in discovering external staircases, parking lots, etc. |
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Google Map sky view with annotation showing locations of interest in Ulcinj. Hotel & Beach Club Mediterraneo Liman, Appartment Eneida, roads, streets, cafes, and various restaurants |
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List of Characters |
Primary Characters Lionel Jones: Catalyst central figure involved as the helpful citizen Sandi Jones: Witty wife of Lionel Jones Key Roles Aminu Balaji: Nigerian friend Maduka Bankole: A friend from Aminu' Nigerian village with a duaghter who may have eloped. Stacy Banks: Maduka's missing daughter who works as a freelance reporter in Atlanta. Frank Wilson: Stacy's significant other who works as an independent software contractor. Weli Olude: A fellow Nigerian who purchases abandon storage bins, pods, etc. for export. Delo: An employee of Aminu's who is long time friend of Stacy. Bob Uzzo: A friend of Lionel Jones' who once worked in the US DOJ. Regional Law Enforcement Agent Marcus: Lead regional the FBI participant Agent Howe: Agent Marcus's female parntener Agent Olin: FBI techical support Detective Berry of the Durham Police Department Adversaries: Executives Wayne Duffy: Gentleman 1. Olive groove estate owner in Maontenegro. Herb Burkett: Gentleman 2. A kayaker and fellow schemer. Thomas Windsor Koziris: Top Predator. Well funded one dollar-one vote political theorist. Adversaries: Ulcinj Operation Site Al Moro: The Top Predator's on-site 'muscle' Gianni Circolare: Site executive manager Helpful Adversaries at Ulcinj Operation Site Ramesh Patel: Software engineering director Hamza Popovic: Local male workingl at the Operations Building Sofia Vukovic: Local female working at the Operations Building Sarah Radovic: Local female working at the Operations Building Masha Nikolic: Local female working at the Operations Building Main Members of Ulcinj Trawler Team Mark and Jane Weldon: Legend names for US Government team leaders Mark Wells and Jane Wellington: Names for US Government team leaders Brian Norman: CIA station chief Joe, Ron, and Randy: US Embassy personnel who support Brian Norman Anna: Linguist borrowed from another US Embassy Triple 3 Game Farm Meers, OK Bob Jones: Brother of Lionel Deputy Adair: Comanache County Deputy Deputy Joyner: Comanache County Deputy Ed Parton: Hometown friend with ties to Commanche County Deputy Important Role Played Off-Stage ladynada: She is the novel's 'Q' of the James Bond movies. Literary licence was used to derive her name. The real world person on which this name and role was based has no known affiliation except with Adafruit in which she is a principle. A Distinguished Edinburgh Gentleman from Nigeria in Texas Unamed Elder of Justice The leavening avenger of justice from Nigeria with an Edinburgh Upper Class accent. Brew Crew Alias with a descriptive nickname Chuck: The 'Old Shoe' Mike: The 'Smoooth' Chip: The 'Boilermaker' Martin: The 'Usher' Greg: The 'Cyclist' |
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Chapter 1 | The Fuse Is Lit: Eight intelligence fragments form an unknown. |
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Chapter 2 | More Questions Than Answers: A serendipity auction purchase provides a potential answer to a missing reporter. |
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Chapter 3 | Is There More Than A Pretty Cover: The first look inside the lifes of the missing young couple. |
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Chapter 4 | A Rose By Any Other Name: Locating the missing breadcrumb in the mass of chaff. |
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Chapter 5 | The Fog Of War: Reaching inside the code for an answer. |
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Chapter 6 | Emails From The Grave: A gowing view in to the seven circles of hell. |
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Chapter 7 | From Chaos Is Born: Chaos begins to move toward order, organization, and questions. |
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Chapter 8 | Another Day Another Dollar: The Evil side of computer science. |
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Chapter 9 | Bring In The Federales: Mixing the Apocalyptic Order church with Georgia voter fraud. |
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Chapter 10 | Gun Battle in Durham: A bland trip to the VA Clinic turns into a heavy metal adventure. |
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Chapter 11 | Knights of the Round Table: We're from the FBI. We are here to help. |
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Chapter 12 | In a Parallel Universe Evil Speaks: Bad Guys Status Report Raises Questions. |
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Chapter 13 | The Plan Forms: An escape and evasion plan is laid |
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Chapter 14 | Turning The Crank: Preparing to book, book. |
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Chapter 15 | Good to Go: Adding another layer to the FBI escape and evasion plan. |
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Chapter 16 | Getting the Band Together: Forming a little band of helpers to agument the FBI. |
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Chapter 17 | The Plan Is Operational: Mercenaries form an invisble, protective barrier. |
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Chapter 18 | Open Pedals of the Venus Flytrap: First hint that the FBI pressure is working. |
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Chapter 19 | Going Remote: Reloacting South for a while. |
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Chapter 20 | Pathfinders Arrive In Paradise: The advance team arrives in Ulcinj. |
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Chapter 21 | Pathfinders Awaken In Paradise: First full day in Ulcinj. |
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Chapter 22 | Another Day in Paradise: More slice salmon and prepartion for arrival of resoruces. |
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Chapter 23 | Pathfinders Make Progress In Paradise: Building the foundation. |
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Chapter 24 | Pre-Game Coin Flips: Dealing new cards to the players. |
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Chapter 25 | Setting the Fish Nets: Sometimes the old Trojan Horse beats all the dollars spent on technology. |
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Chapter 26 | Delay of Game Notice: Minor wrinkle in travel plans. |
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Chapter 27 | Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Bad guys do not see ambush. |
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Chapter 28 | No More Calls, We Have A Winner: Trojan Horse Daisy easedrop on target meeting. |
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Chapter 29 | A New Day In Paradise: Outside help arrives from the 'ether'. |
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Chapter 30 | Winding Down in Paradise: Shuttering the listening posts before the storm. |
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Chapter 31 | The Balloon Goes Up: Ransom-ware hackers take charge. |
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Chapter 32 | Ciao Montenegro: The Daisy blosoms into chaos. |
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Chapter 33 | Bad Day in Dry Gulch: Putting the term 'cutout' into practice. |
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Chapter 34 | Tidying Up Loose Ends In Ulcinj: Top Predator cleans house in Ulcinj. |
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Chapter 35 | Beach Closed Sign Posted: The morning after head ache clears at the video conference. |
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Chapter 36 | Justice Is Served: The Top Predator drops a few notches on the food chain. |
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Appendix A and B | Technical terms used and technical details that may be of interest. |