Government Men
By
Gary J. Davies
Government Men
Copyright 2014-2015 Gary J. Davies
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This novel is a work of fiction about a parallel universe with characters, actions, places, and things that are products of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to places, events or locales is purely coincidental.
Acknowledgements
The BRAC closing of NADC caused me to imagine a world very like our own except that in it peace had broken out and militaries had been dissolved (The good news). And then the aliens attacked (Oops - the BAD news!). Fortunately in this fantasy world there are also mythic creatures, psychic-powered humans, friendly aliens, Trekkies, and above all a few dedicated DOD Civil Servants: Government men (and women)!
This re-release of Government Men is in response to a review comment and contains many editorial 'clean-up' sorts of corrections but is not a major rewrite.
Happy reading!
Gary Davies, March 2014; revised March 2015
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1 CRAB SURPRISE
CHAPTER 2 CONFUSION, FAST CARS, AND HOT WOMEN
CHAPTER 3 CORONATION
CHAPTER 4 POST-PARTY HONEYMOONING AND ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER 5 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF POWER IN THE OFFICE PLACE
CHAPTER 6 INTERLUDE: THE BIG DATE
CHAPTER 7 DATA BY SLUDGOMATIC AND VIP BY VISICOM
CHAPTER 8 CRISIS MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 9 HER!
CHAPTER 10 HAVING DR. BARNS FOR DINNER
CHAPTER 11 VISITOR
CHAPTER 12 CUT TO THE CHASE!
CHAPTER 13 FLIGHT!
CHAPTER 14 CAR WASH
CHAPTER 15 THE 'B' TEAM
CHAPTER 16 HOME BASE
CHAPTER 17 THE NEXT BUS OUT OF TOWN
CHAPTER 18 A QUICK DC BUS TOUR
CHAPTER 19 THE RA REGROUP
CHAPTER 20 ALIENS AMONG US
CHAPTER 21 ENTERPRISE!
CHAPTER 22 ONWARD!
CHAPTER 23 ARIZONA REUNION
CHAPTER 24 WESTERN SHOOT OUT!
CHAPTER 25 PHOENIX GENERAL
CHAPTER 26 TWINKIES AND SWOLLEN HEMORRHOIDAL TISSUE
CHAPTER 27 GROUND ZERO
CHAPTER 28 THE CHIEFS
CHAPTER 29 DECISIONS AND COMMITMENTS
CHAPTER 30 MORE CHIEFS, UTAH BOUND
CHAPTER 31 BOSSED IN SPACE
CHAPTER 32 GOOD GRUB AND STRANGE TALES
CHAPTER 33 THE DREAMERS FROM AFAR
CHAPTER 34 THE LAND
CHAPTER 35 THE FALCON
CHAPTER 36 MCGREGOR AND FRIENDS
CHAPTER 37 AWAKENINGS
CHAPTER 38 BATTLE OF THE ONE TREE
CHAPTER 39 THE SKYWARD
CHAPTER 40 RA WOES!
CHAPTER 41 THE BLACK PIT
CHAPTER 42 CLEAN GET-AWAY
CHAPTER 43 THE TRAVELER
CHAPTER 44 FORGING THE KEY
CHAPTER 45 SOAP, SNAKES, AND BATS
CHAPTER 46 THE SLEEPER AWAKES
CHAPTER 47 THE FEATHERED SERPENT
CHAPTER 48 THE PLAN
CHAPTER 49 TRANSFORMATION
CHAPTER 50 JUNGLE RENDEZVOUS
CHAPTER 51 DANNOS
CHAPTER 52 EPILOGUE
About the Author and Other Publications
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PROLOGUE
(A FEW YEARS EARLIER)
Dark One: raging, hateful, death bringer
Foul, cold, soulless, colorless, black abomination
Creeping out of time and space towards our light
To vanquish life and love and reason
Are you to steal the future,
And write fate in our dried, darkened blood?
- The Traveler
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