The Enigma Always

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

Cyber good guys are battling cyber thugs for the ability to re-engineer humans to live forever at any cost. R-Group and the CATS team must use the full range of their skills and techno savvy to find Pekoni and put a stop to him becoming the thousand-year ruler. But two of the top R-Group’s geniuses are MIA making this a tougher fight against the evil Pekoni.
The R-Group is alerted that Su Lin is now targeted to be a kidnapping victim and new evidence suggests she is in collusion with the evil Dr. Pekoni.
Zara has made good her heist of diamonds, but she has stolen from the powerful Chairman Chang and he has his henchmen hunting for her and his property.
Unable to fence the stolen property she takes refuge with an unlikely savior Buzz but must return to work for the Russian Cyber Czar, Dimitry, Buzz doesn’t know Zara is using her alias, Daria.
Lara and Carlos, friends of Petra and Jacob are caught up in the maelstrom of the desperate cyber combat between Dr. Pekoni, his henchmen and the R-Group.
Physical and emotional wounds must be healed before the group can return to their role as the cyber good guys the R-Group has always been. The CATS team lends needed personnel to help stop the evil doctor Pekoni.
Breakfield & Burkey take readers on an accelerated adventure with old and new characters to tell the tale of human DNA changes gone wrong.

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Author Biography

1st place winners TxAuthors; ABR 5 star awards for audio books; InD'Tale Crowned Heart Awards; CIPA Merit Award; Short Story Winners; Dan Poynter multiple winner; Breakfield and Burkey bring their Techno-Thriller series to life. Breakfield is a solution architect, for a high-tech manufacturer, who designs hybrid data/telecom environments. He is a technology geek, who enjoys writing, studying World War II, travel, and cultural exchanges. His love of wine tasting, cooking, and Harley riding has found inroads into the stories. As a child he moved often with his father’s military career, which even now helps his with the various character perspectives he helps bring to life in the series. Burkey Is a business architect who builds solutions for customers on a technology foundation. She has written many technology documents & white papers, but loves writing fiction. As a child she helped to lead kids with exciting new adventures built on make believe characters, a Girl Scout until high school, and contributed to the community as a young member of a Head Start program. Rox enjoys family, learning, listening to people, travel, outdoor activities, sewing, cooking, and thinking about how to diversify the series. Reach out to them at Authors@EnigmaSeries.com

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Self-serving Renowned Scientist

Dr. Pekoni is a wealthy scientist working to unlock DNA secrets to extend human life. His processes tend toward shortcuts and questionable testing methods. He demands results, regardless of the costs. Leroy has a history of getting connected with shady characters, some clearly from the Darknet. He got hooked up with Pekoni looking for easy money and a quick payoff. The lengths he must go to keep his new boss pleased with the results could be more than he expected. This situation can get out of hand fast and extending life maybe harder than anyone expects. In fact it might generate the opposite. Enjoy this thriller as Leroy tries to fulfill his obligations to Pekoni. Available in eBook, paperback, and audible.

Book Excerpt

The Enigma Always

Dr. Xavier Pekoni slowly turned his gaze and stared dispassionately at his assistant. He adjusted his spectacles and tossed his shoulder length silver pony tail back over his collar before he reprimanded, “Leroy, our forever code project is designed to intercept the degenerative tissue problems in human beings, as well as refresh the body’s DNA encoding, so the life force of the individual can allow living for a thousand years. Since we are still unable to make it work to my satisfaction yet, and time on this planet is still so precious, I don’t want to waste any of it listening to how your day went. Can you simply get to the point and outline our next steps? I’m in a hurry and expect you to be on the same schedule with me! Our all-important time continuum is collapsing to a finite point, so don’t waste any of it!”

Leroy recognized that tone and, swallowing hard, he offered, “Apologies, Dr. Pekoni. Your missing test subject has been located, but her care giver is unwilling to allow me access to her. So I am exploring other options, for both regular channels and otherwise, to determine how best to reintroduce her into our program time line.”

Xavier nodded approvingly and agreed, “That’s better. We have successfully completed our preliminary testing with organs in animals, but we must see how we succeed or perhaps stumble with a human subject. The regenerative process on lost neural pathways in the brain will be our next milestone, and I don’t want to miss our time line. Do you understand?”

Leroy, now somewhat intimidated, responded, “Yes, Dr. Pekoni, I understand. But in any case, whether we use legitimate means to extract her or otherwise, we cannot risk activity that would generate high exposure and attention to your project. The setback we incurred in exiting the U.S. operations was a good but unfortunate lesson in what not to do or who to trust. Therefore, we will need to extract her quietly and leave no trace of her to be followed. Those were your instructions, and I have not forgotten.”

Xavier almost smiled as he reminded, “As I have pointed out, our time is running out. I want answers for the forever code before the squeamish, bleeding hearts show up again and say you can’t test with humans! Once we have the right formula, no one will care how we got there because they will all be pushing and shoving while standing in line to buy our service for a tenfold life span boost. So, you’re right, we must be quiet about who and where we are.”

Leroy concurred, “Yes, Dr. Pekoni.”

Then with a renewed seriousness, Xavier asked, “When is the unscheduled field trip for the former Master Po to be arranged?”