Bøger af Mike Jackson

Jim Scott and friends (now called Janitors-as in they clean up other people's messes) are back for another kick at the can in Back to Iraq, the second book of the nine-book "Janitor" series. All the folks who helped Jim and Holly in Baghdad Butcher are back, with a few new additions. The basic team set-up at the end of Butcher is augmented by a new character. We also have a briefly mentioned character in this book who will become prominent in later books when he joins the team.This time around, Jim and team are headed for Iraq within 72 hours of 9/11. For all of you who enjoyed Butcher and have been making requests (in some cases, repeated requests) for the next book, here it is…Enjoy. For years it was rumored that a secret protocol to the SALT treaties between the United States and Soviet Union called for the banning and destruction of any and all small nuclear devices that were easily carried, thus suitable for terrorist acts. This is the story of four such devices, which were never destroyed and made their way from the Soviet Union (or Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union) to an al-Qaida facility within the borders of Iraq.

Pool Of Blood is the third and final book of the Becker Trilogy, and Jim Scot Books #24. In this book, Bob Becker, his wife Michelle, and some other help, try to right a wrong. A man is convicted of murder due to having stepped into a pool of blood near the body of a murdered woman, whom he had been arguing with only hours before she was killed. During his investigation, Bob also deals with someone trying to kill Michelle. The case of the man wrongly convicted leads Bob to Australia, where he is assisted by old friend, now-Colonel Walter Kilgorie, an ASIS Agent, and others…including Jim and Holly Scott.No matter how smart a criminal may be, his misdeeds almost always catch up with him. In this story, six bad guys have to face their crimes in various ways. One somehow manages to escape the justice he probably deserves, while another gets more than he might have bargained for. This case takes Jim and Holly Scott, and Bob Becker from Missouri to France, then on to Australia. During the Australian portion of the trip, Hector Garcia joins them. The four also make a stop at the Solomon Islands-where the three Marines visit the sands of Guadalcanal, to pay homage to the Marines who died there.

Toboggan, is the fourth book in the "Janitors Series," following Baghdad Butcher, Back To Iraq, and Dog Pound. Once again, Jim Scott and the Janitors are on vacation, except for another cameo appearance, which is a continuation of their mission in Dog Pound. In this book, we have a return of Dan and Janet Orf, as well as their friend Mark Yomo. Dan and Janet investigate a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains, while Mark attempts to track down two criminals in the area of the crash. In this book, a number of the new characters introduced play roles in later books of the series…with two becoming Janitors for one mission in the eighth book, Devil's Brew. Also, during the Janitor's appearance, the C-130 plane crew from Back To Iraq is fleshed out, and most of them stay with the team from the sixth book, Saltwater Connection, thru the ninth and final book of the series, Sedona Chip. This book is part survival story, part investigation, and with a bit of the Janitors. The Orfs investigate on two fronts, while a young, newly formed, couple fight the extremes of a late spring blizzard in the Rockies. While that couple heads down the mountain, they find themselves on a collision course with a pair of escaped criminals headed up the same mountain in an effort to avoid re-capture by the authorities.While all this is going on, the idiot author had to stop typing on several occasions because laughter made it impossible to go on without a break. While not a comedy, I hope the readers find those sections as funny as I did…though I'm sure the higher muckety-mucks in Iran and the leadership of al-Qaida will find it less funny.

Dog Pound is the third book in the "Janitors Series," following Baghdad Butcher and Back to Iraq. However, with the exception of a cameo appearance, Jim Scott and the Janitors take a vacation in this book. A new batch of characters, three of whom join the team in later books, are introduced in this one. Three more characters herein offer varying degrees of assistance to the Janitors in later adventures of the team. When one goes to bed with the devil, one should expect the results of that action. That applies not only to those sub-human beings known as terrorists, but also to otherwise normal people who come up with screams outside the law that call for aligning themselves with hardened criminals who have no regard for human life.This is the story of one such man and what he brings upon himself-as well as a few terrorists that meet up with Jim Scott and friends.

Baghdad Butcher is the first book of my nine book "Janitors" series. The team-formed at the end of this book-which does off the books (black bag) jobs directly for the President doesn't actually pick up the name "Janitors" until the second book. Most of the main (good guys) characters in all nine books have military backgrounds, with a few still active duty military personnel included.The time frame of the series runs from approximately nine months prior to the 9/11 Islamic terrorists attack through the next seven plus years. Saddam Hussein was long known to have many doubles. Some even suggest that his famous trip to the front lines during the Iran/Iraq war was in fact accomplished by one of his doubles. This book, in part, deals with the question of Saddam and his doubles. A word of caution in reading this novel…one of the conclusions herein my not be fully trusted. The question of Saddam and his doubles is revisited in my next book, Back To Iraq, and in future books.While this is a book, and those to follow, are works of fiction, some of the events are based on fact, and many of the characters are based on actual people. One incident and character are actually based on the event of a real person in the Vietnam War, but moved to Desert Strom for the age factor of the character to fit the time frame herein.

Tthis novel, The Tickleton Affair, Janitors Book #5, is a book of industrial and military espionage, Dan and Janet Orf from Dog Pound and Toboggan meet Jim Scott and some of the Janitors from Baghdad Butcher and Back to Iraq. Those who have read Dog Pound and Toboggan have undoubtedly figured out that Dan and Janet are two of three characters who will become Janitors (they'll join the team in the next book, Saltwater Connection). In this novel, Dan and Janet are dispatched to investigate and protect a scientist/industrialist who is doing highly classified work for the government (after he is nearly killed early in the book). They work with the Janitors in this effort. A special note here to readers living in, or familiar, with Sedona, Arizona. A bit of literary license has been used to make the book "work better." I am well aware that there is no restaurant facility in the Sedona airport. Also, the ranch portrayed here is no longer owned by those who owned it at the time setting of the book…as some of you reading this story will no doubt know. Industrial espionage is as old as industry. When industry is coupled with military implications mixed in with an unscrupulous master spy to gather information, the "norm" is sometimes ignored. This is the story of such a mixture, and the master spy happens to be from Mainland China.

In this the final book of the Janitor series, Sedona Chip, the French (under direction of the French President who has been a thorn in the side of our President during the War on Terror) make a foolish blunder. The President, General Bradley, and the Janitors jump on the blunder to have a bit of comic relief after seven plus years of dealing with the terrorist threat. During the effort to cause the French President-and a previously dis-credited French intelligence operative-as much grief as possible, the team also has to deal with several al-Qaida operations.Good reading, and hope you have enjoyed the series. Why a portion of the American public seems intent on "being more like the French" is beyond me. This is the story of one in a long line of pompous jerks to hold the seat of President of France, and the type of foolish moves they have made over the years. It is written with a bit of tongue in cheek, and lets my characters in the Janitor series have a bit of fun on the way out the door, so to speak. Enjoy.

The British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD) was established in 1980 as a forum for research into the theory and practice of databases. The original conference in the series took place at the University of Aberdeen. To be precise, this conference was in fact entitled ICOD which stood for International Conference on Databases. It was the intention, when the series began, that an ICOD would take place every two years, whilst a BNCOD would run in the years in between. As the record shows ICOD was only held in 1980 and 1983. The more junior conference has managed to acquire a lifetime much longer than that of its senior relative! If truth wereknown,however,BNCOD has,overthe years,growninto ICOD and although the conference is still titled "e;British National,"e; it is, in fact, an international conference that takes place on a yearly basis. Proof of this can be obtained simply by looking at the table of contents of these proceeding which clearlyshowthatthe majorityofpaperspresentedatthis year'sconferencecame from contributors whose a?liations are outside the UK. Despitetherangeofpapersono?er,BNCODstillretainsitsuniquelyBritish ?avor. The Programme Committee is drawn from UK academics and the c- ference is always held at a British university (or in earlier years a polytechnic!).