The Devlin Deception: Book One of The Devlin Quatrology
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“Oh, god, oh, god. Oh. My. God!”
“Come on, Cam; time to focus.”
After a long pause, Cam replied, “Okay, okay, I got it, Becks. All set.”
“Okay; we just crossed the one-mile mark.”
“I'm okay, really; all focused.”
“Good.
“Coming up on 1500 yards, Fiona.”
“Roger that, Becks.
“You good, Cam?”
“All set, Fiona, really; compartmentalized. But are these machines vibrating more than usual? Or is it just me?”
“I'd bet it's just you, Cam.”
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November 12, 2012
2:27 p.m. local time
Isle of Man, United Kingdom
“Authentication 0018937.”
“What's up, Marta?”
“We just picked up an alert on one of our Colombian bugs.”
“Which one?”
“The one in El Oso's bedroom in Medellin.”
“What's that bastard up to now?”
“He's planning a major assault on the Palace of Justice and the US embassy in Bogota a week from tomorrow.”
“Patch it through. It's live, right?”
“Yup. Here ya go, Amber.”
Fifteen minutes later, after traveling through a worldwide network of fifteen anonymous servers, an emailed recording of that conversation in the original Spanish, along with an English translation, was received in a nondescript office in a nondescript industrial park near Langley, Virginia, in the United States, as well as in another nondescript office in an office building in Bogota, Colombia, and yet another in Medellin.
Four hours after that, contracts with the Asp, the Decimator and the Passive Vocalist were finalized, each with a fee of 20 million euros, all with the same target. Three deposits of ten million euros were sent and received and ultimately consolidated into one account in the Cayman Islands.
The following morning, El Oso's guards were horrified to see his pet liger, with no warning, suddenly leap onto El Oso and claw at his body, blood and guts spurting around his office, and then begin gnawing on his stomach, face and arms as El Oso screamed and fell to the floor under the onslaught.
It happened so quickly that none of the guards was able to get from the monitoring consoles to the office in time to save El Oso's life, but they did manage to kill the liger with at least ten rounds from their sidearms.
The next day, three additional transfers of ten million euros each were sent and received and added to the Cayman Island account, bringing the total there to sixty million euros. The man with many names received a report the following day, read it, then shredded and burned it.
No attack on the Palace of Justice or the US embassy occurred. End of excerpt
Reviews of “Devlin's Defiance”
"Devlin's Defiance" is best read after reading this author's first book, "The Devlin Deception." I read both books and totally enjoyed them both, though I likely would have been confused, had I not read the first book ahead of this one. Perhaps that is the source of other reviews that may cite confusion. Now, with that out of the way, I will highly recommend both books. As for my critique of "Devlin's Defiance" specifically, it is a fascinating work of fiction that is grounded in some very real aspects of our government and society. It is at times humorous enough to instigate laughing-out-loud moments, yet it also serves as a commentary on so much that is relevant to our contemporary geopolitical environment, our economics, and our culture. This book plays with layers of fiction, and can be read for pure entertainment, if that is the reader's desire. But if you are looking for depth in terms of content, character, and plot, you can't go wrong with this engaging selection. The book features short chapters, which I liked, given only short bursts of time I am able to devote to reading for pleasure. I was able to achieve closure before retiring the book each night. Although there is shifting of time periods and characters, I found it easy enough to follow the chronology and the plot actions. There were a few tricky parts that demanded a lot of thinking and even flipping back to a previously read chapter or two, in order to reach a conclusion. So, if mindless reading is your goal, skip this one; but, if you like to be intellectually challenged and superbly entertained, by all means, order it today. MLH, on Amazon
Great sequel to “The Devlin Deception” with revisiting Gordy’s beach friends including: Jill & Carie, Rosemary, Sharon, Mavis and Malcolm, Sargent Dooley, and of course we all know someone like Ron & Jenny and certainly can’t forget Jake’s friends Pam & JJ. Then there’s a new character named Dallas to keep reading real interesting. Abundance of subplots throughout the book that will keep you guessing and scratching your head wondering how can that happen and how it will all turn out. There are assassinations all around the world and some good old fashioned science fiction that who knows may come true someday or have I QH’d? Need to read the book to know what QH stands for. The alternate epilogues again are a humorous side of the author that you’ll wonder what’s up with that. The ending has an interesting technique to write an alternate chapter by putting it on-line but for very, very good reason why. Now that with “The Devlin Deception” and “Devlin's Defiance” written, looking forward to the next adventure. TSR, on Amazon
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