Bøger af Thomas Wylde

HOT STATUSFrank Halbert is having a bad day.The fact is, this man's day of heartbreak and missed opportunities was already a lost cause, even before those F-16s made their low pass over their rogue air defense radar site. The old barn dissolved in an ocean of fire, leaving blackened bodies everywhere.Now Frank's anguished path takes him out of the woody highlands northwest of Gettysburg, past legions of combat-ready FBI agents, and into a city of weeping people.He manages to get the limping old Army vet (the only other survivor of their hopeless mission) onto the bus for home. He risks exposure to call his dead brother's fiancée, telling her to forget she'd ever met him. He knows there will be evil times ahead, now that he's a federal terror suspect on the run.After the call, he takes precious moments to dismantle his too-hot-to-use cell phone, dumping the pieces into a trashcan outside the Lincoln Diner. He looks up to see a cop staring right at him.Time to start running again.A little background: In the early 1970s, about the time New York's World Trade towers were being completed, the last of the Army's air defense missile sites closed down, their radars and missiles boxed up and hauled away. The threat from Russian bombers was over.MAD MINUTEForty years later the new threat is from hijacked airliners, but there's no defense readily available: a fact not lost on Jeff Breen, NYC's Commander of Counterterror.Breen seeks out Frank Halbert, former FBI agent (and current federal fugitive), hoping to create an air defense missile site of his own, built with scrounged-up Army surplus hardware and manned by old-time missile vets.Along for the ride: Warner McGlaston, 78-year-old ex-Army warrant officer.(The man remembers the equipment ...pretty much.) "Krakatoa" Jack Tilsen, a missile tracking operator of talent. (So he's a tad volatile.) Cindy Faber, a 22-year-old computer tech in cut-off jeans. She has her eye on Frank. And Gwen Goddard: ex-lingerie supermodel, whose mega-rich fiancé died in the North Tower. She's the bank. She's also Frank's sister-in-law. Sort of. Be good if he could control his hopeless devotion.On the opposing side: CIA agent Phil Rosen, who worms his way into the Nike crew. ATF agent Joyce Kapinsky, pursuing our heroes in order to nail their source of forbidden hardware, an international gunrunner. And DEA agent Hubble Strand, who just wants to spend a little quality time with Joyce, if he can get her to ease off the job a little. (Good luck with that, Hub.)The crew goes to work setting up an installation in Northern New Jersey, within sight of the old Army air defense base out on Sandy Hook. (It's now a federal park, complete with a nude beach). They scour the world for viable equipment, ending up in the highlands of Colombia in a life-or-death struggle with a local drug lord.Their troubles are only just beginning....HOT MINUTE combines the revised texts of HOT STATUS and MAD MINUTE. 116k words

When an American president finds it necessary to declare his losing attempt at reelection a hoax, he may need more than mere moral support from his base to make it stick. That's when the Wolfpack swings into action. The Wolfpack is a dwindling cohort of California-based Neo-Nazis, dedicated to guns, honor, and White Power. These beer-guzzling warriors are proud to pledge their armed support for the president. In between jobs digging holes for septic tanks, etc., the Wolfpack scours the Covid-addled countryside, searching for new and deadlier weapons, the better to perform their mission of protecting the President in the White House, should it come to that. (Stay tuned. Seriously, it's time to start paying attention to the news.)Along the way, the Wolfpack faces gun-buying competition from an unknown entity. Wait, it's the evangelical Christians, pious folk who happen to be on a similar mission. Nazis and 'gelicals alike are reading the same anti-Trump blog, WHAT'S WRONG WITH US, and have come to the same conclusion: Donald Trump is going to need armed assistance staying in office after the 2020 election. The Wolfpack is pleased to merge with the well-funded Christians. Fire up the coals, Betty! We're having a barbecue! Cohesion of the Wolfpack is challenged by FBI informants, an over-sexed wife, an angry girlfriend, and the admittedly petty annoyance caused by the lack of tattoo parlors operating during a pandemic. How is the new guy supposed to get an "88" inked on the back of his neck? (If you're curious, the numbers 88 correspond to the letters HH, which stand for "Heil Hitler!") The action culminates in a violent and protracted attack on an Army convoy transporting Squad Automatic Weapons through the desert in the middle of the night. Things get a lot more complicated than anyone could have anticipated. Although this is not meant to be a full-on comic novel, there are elements of humor dotted about, including over-the-top excerpts of Wolfpack fan fiction written (badly) by an ambitious young skinhead known to the guys as "Scribbler."I should also warn you there is a dizzying amount of bad language in this book. If you're shocked by casual use of the f-word, I strongly suggest you back the eff away from VERTIGO NATION. Keywords: action, crime, Neo-Nazis, Christian evangelicals, Covid-19, Donald Trump, 2020 election. Approx. 62,000 words

DECEPTION ON AN ALIEN PLANET! His name is Dr. Bones. He races across a perilous galaxy in search of mysterious artifacts, lost worlds, and foreign species. If you're unafraid of the dangers of the universe, then you're ready for Dr. Bones. On the planet of Rilla, Bones uncovers a plaque that claims to predict the end of this alien world. When three stars line up on its surface, the sky will fall. Bones doesn't believe it, and neither does Bart Charles, Bones's archrival.But Charles smells a profitable venture and plans to cash in on the legend. He offers the aliens a chance to evacuate the planet in exchange for rare memory crystals. With the inhabitants gone, he will be able to seize the whole planet. Bones must discredit the prophecy to stop planet-wide panic and keep the planet from falling victim to Charles's plan. Yet as Bones acts, meteorites plummet from the sky. Has Bones met his match?

EVOLUTION-OR REVOLUTION? His name is Dr. Bones. His adventures will take him across a perilous galaxy in search of lost cities, secret empires, and vanished species. If you''ve ever thrilled to the quest for mysterious legends or other worlds, then you''re ready for Dr. Bones. The missing link has been discovered! The bones of the species that connect the Garukans to humans have been dug up and identified. According to the fossils, Garukans are an evolutionary offshoot of the human line. But Dr. Bones believes the evidence has been faked. And when an old comrade from the Legion of Ares dies on his doorstep, the doctor knows that there''s more at stake here than a scientific theory. If the fossils are genuine, Garuka will stay under the control of the Earth-no matter what the Garukans want. But someone has been tampering with history.