The Enigma Threat

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

ICABOD is destroyed and key members of the R-Group are declared renegades, with Quip thrown in jail. In the new digital world, there is no tolerance for privately owned supercomputers. Globally, computers are hunted and destroyed for the greater good, by the new cyber police CESPOOL. The information this group receives is manipulated by subversive hidden machine learning devices, the MAG running on the Darknet.

Judith and Xiamara are freebooters who steal machine time for their PaaS, porn as a service business. The machine they chose for delivery is the last untapped supercomputer not in the hands of a sovereign. Their activity is spotted by the MAG, but the renegade R-Group steps in to alter the outcome. Leroy teams up with Zara to help these opportunists escape prosecution. They are drafted as reluctant participants in the fight.

Jacob and Quip are trapped in the Chihuahuan Desert trying to reconstruct the base of ICABOD’s logic core. The stress of their isolation is taking a toll. Their wives and children are safe in Brazil for the time being, but Interpol is prowling for answers.

The R-Group has assembled a way to communicate with orphaned satellites. While the next R-Group plans the ultimate honey pot to trap their nemesis who is driving their corrupted agenda. The odds are against R-Group’s success, but they have creative surprises on their side.

Gracie, working for World Bank, has inroads to CESPOOL via Tanja who has questionable loyalty. Gracie finds possible love in a lawyer, Jeff Woods, who has expertise needed to trap the owners of MAG.

Using deep fakes will allow Quip to escape purgatory and restart life with EZ and their children. But they can’t go home so the question becomes where.

The stakes have never been higher. The R-Group young and old must rise to defeat the MAG.

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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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Accepted as Different

Leroy spent most of his life cutting corners and conning people out of their money. When he connected with the R-Group, they helped him find a way to the good side. At an early age, he was selling blessed wine goblets gotten from Walmart. Leroy's gift is using the correct turn of a phrase or getting sympathy to leverage a situation to his benefit. Juan offers him a way to get revenge by helping right the wrongs of those manipulating technology for their gain, regardless of the human cost. He jumps at the chance to join causes for the good of humankind. Enjoy reading or listening to the Enigma Series. Read these stories in any order for a great thriller experience, but the characters evolve over the series. Derek Shoales is the voice of the series and delivers an outstanding rendition of The Enigma Threat. We invite you to visit EnigmaSeries.com for samples of all the books and free downloads. We look forward to your review. Thank you so much for your attention and participation.

Book Excerpt

The Enigma Threat

Leroy stood at the gravesite to try and gather his thoughts. After a while he smirked at himself and commented to no one in particular, "Don't that beat all, Jesus? I was really annoyed to have my nest egg confiscated and ordered to govern your actions so you wouldn't get into no more trouble.

“It took me a while to get that they were blackmailing you to do the same about me. Well, there we were. After a while, I don't rightly recall when, we got to be best buds. I always liked those stories you told between drink refreshes from them top-heavy waitresses.

“We must have been on that beach for years before that call came through offering us our freedom. Funny, I never felt like I was under house arrest 'cause I was with my only friend. I'm gonna miss you, Jesus.”

Leroy turned to face Juan. "I'm sorry about your uncle, Juan, but he wouldn't take no for an answer in the prison break. He always spoke highly about you and your brother, Carlos, especially after he had four or five drinks. But before that he was pissed that you folk had stranded him there with me. I guess it all evens out.

“By the way, thanks for straightening out the false accusations about me and Jesus. I thought I could take care of myself. Turns out your way was cleaner."

Juan nodded absentmindedly. "Nothing like demonstrating to the authorities that they bolloxed up the incriminating evidence and the two people they had in jail weren't in the same hemisphere at the time."

Leroy smirked. "They weren't much for saying sorry for the mistake, but, boy, they didn't waste any time pushing us out the door, hoping nobody would advertise their screw up on the Internet Wall of Shame. Har har!"

Juan returned Leroy's gaze. "A deal is a deal. Here is the account information, along with the two-factor authentication codes. You are in control of your nest egg.

“I was hoping you might want to stay on as a freelance contractor. It would only be for the greater good of our cause against the new government tyranny."

Leroy rocked his head to one side and in his practiced Alabama drawl stated, "You mean I still gets to work against the establishment, but fo’ a worthy cause? Mr. Juan, I kind of like the sound of that! Doin’ bad to do good. Why don't you tell me whatcha y’all got in mind?"

Juan smiled. "One of our operative agents, tasked with monitoring the digital landscape, has uncovered some...motivated entrepreneurs that are about to have their business plan and heads handed to them on a platter. We aren't anxious to have them shut down, but they are simply not good enough to run rogue like they are now.

“Carlos and I thought if you, and someone we all know but don't trust, were to help guide them, they might be spared some...unpleasantries. It helps that you already know the lady who you would work with, if you agree."

Leroy grinned and allowed, "I can't help but think this here offer is gonna be great fun!"

Juan pitched Leroy a next generation Q-bit cell phone and said, "I thought you might. Here is your new phone."