Chasm Waxing: A Startup, Cyber-Thriller (Chasm Trilogy Book 1)
by B. Michaels
B.Michaels Publishing | July 2016 | ASIN: B01IO5XQOY | 275 Pages | True PDF | 1.5 mb
Chasm Waxing is the first novel in the Chasm Trilogy. It’s a realistic, apocalyptic, cyber-techno-thriller; ripped from today’s headlines—projected into the year 2020.
Startup kids, Becca Roberts and Josh Adler, work for companies selected by the NSA’s new venture capital and startup accelerator firm. However, the NSA Director—General Shields, uses the accelerator to pursue a vendetta against ISIS. ISIS beheaded his only son.
But the Iranian Quds Force Commander, Muhammad Rahmati, employs his own novel ideas to defeat ISIS. He’ll use the victory as a springboard to build a new, technically-savvy empire. A crescent moon waxes in the Middle East. Becca, Josh, General Shields, and Rahmati engage in their first confrontation, impacting the global balance of power.
Chasm Waxing explores the burgeoning technologies of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, gamification, augmented reality, hacking, Bitcoin/ Blockchain, self-driving cars, encryption, robots, and quantum computing.
About the Author:
B. Michaels is an entrepreneur, executive, technologist…and now…a new author. He's spent a number of years working in the US Government and Fortune 1000.
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Contents:
Chasm Waxing: Part I – Becca, Josh, & the Accelerator 6
Chapter 1 – Castle Gecko 7
Chapter 2 – Becca Roberts 10
Chapter 3 – General Shields 18
Chapter 4 – The Gecko Explanation 22
Chapter 5 – The Accelerator 26
Chapter 6 – Josh Adler 31
Chapter 7 – No Demo 36
Chapter 8 – No Pain 39
Chapter 9 – Samantha Powers 40
Chapter 10 – The Board Meeting 43
Chapter 11 – Becca Meets Josh 52
Chapter 12 – Becca’s Story 60
Chapter 13 – TextWorld 68
Chapter 14 – Sunday Meetings 78
Chapter 15 – Abu Omar 87
Chapter 16 – Swarmbot Demo 1 98
Chapter 17 – Swarmbot Demo 2 105
Chapter 18 – Separation 111
Chapter 19 – Replaced 120
Chasm Waxing: Part II – Muhammad Rahmati 127
Chapter 20 – The Commander 128
Chapter 21 – The Demise of Abu Omar 134
Chapter 22 – Abu Mosulaydi 142
Chapter 23 – The Marker 146
Chapter 24 – Disinformation 155
Chapter 25 – Tal Azan 163
Chapter 26 – AVICENNA 172
Chapter 27 – Crescent Revolution 177
Chapter 28 – The Ayatollah 181
Chapter 29 – The Prime Minister 189
Chapter 30 – Persia 195
Chasm Waxing: Part III – The First Confrontation 200
Chapter 31 – The A-Car 201
Chapter 32 – International Travelers 207
Chapter 33 – The Dig 212
Chapter 34 – A Copper Scroll 220
Chapter 35 – The Golden Cave 224
Chapter 36 – Immunity 232
Chapter 37 – eM 238
Chapter 38 – Quantum Probabilities 244
Chapter 39 – Discovered 249
Chapter 40 – Blackout 253
Chapter 41 – The Offer 259
Chapter 42 – Awaking the Sleeping Bear 265
Chapter 43 – Reconciliation 269
Chapter 44 – The Last Visit 271
Chapter 45 – Trumpet Blasts 273