The first William Beck thriller featuring Bryson McGann and NESSA. Sit back and let McGann unravel the clues and deadly possibilities from a high-jacked black-ops military project in the hands of a ruthless Canadian businessman, Fletcher Durnulqc.
1998. Hidden in the remote reaches of the Brooks Mountain Range in northwestern Alaska, the U.S. government’s H.A.A.R.P. project is now complete. Its’ true intent known only to a small contingent of others involved in the military’s ‘black-ops’ project. A team of high ranking officials slated to observe the first testing of the project discover the compound mysteriously deserted upon their arrival. Four letters scrawled in blood remain behind, providing the only clue to their captor’s existence.
A decade has now passed since the ill-fated H.A.A.R.P. project’s demise. Bryson McGann and lifelong friend, Joseph “T.C.” Canton, employed by the Seattle based National Earth Seas Science Agency, are working on an undersea mining project off the Olympic Peninsula. Previously mined off British Columbia’s coast, a cache of polycarboamolite has recently been discovered within U.S. territory.
This top secret ore has caught the eye of the military machine and only Durnulqc Enterprises holds the key to an expedient mining process. During a scheduled conference, alluring Durnulqc representative, Monique Sinclair, raises the ire of independent contractor and girlfriend of Canton, Dr. Ashlyn Sanders, and the fascination of Bryson McGann.
A nearly fatal underwater accident leaves the two women clinging to life on the precipice of a deep abyss. Through McGann’s daring rescue, he and Canton are introduced to ruthless Canadian businessman, Fletcher Durnulqc, at a gala being held at his estate. This adversarial meeting and the unexpected discovery of Dr. Lawrence Alberts body at a recent crash site are just the first threads that begin to unravel in this intriguing drama.
Across the globe, unusual weather patterns continually bring death and devastation without regard. McGann’s investigation into the only clues Alberts could provide yields frightening results. Ten years of captivity, limitless funds, and the threat of death against his family forced the scientist into perfecting the project. The true intent of the H.A.A.R.P. is unveiled in a network of satellites hovering above the earth. Their full powers of mass destruction are only now coming to life as the stage is set for one man’s dream of world domination. The ultimate act of global terrorism has been unleashed.
McGann and Canton find themselves pitted in a race against time to destroy Durnulqc’s instrument of death in the frozen Canadian Arctic. To save themselves and a gathering of world leaders, the two men must battle their way out of Durnulqc’s lair before the only option left is played out by a decision that will forever change the face of the planet and cost the lives of millions.
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Another man may have given up, submitted to fate, but not Bryson McGann. Nearly impossible to breathe, it took all his resolve not to rip the helmet off in his search for air. His lungs screamed. Tortured muscles in his arms and legs cramped in agony with each upward stroke. Unable to comply with his mind's commands, McGann's arms and legs flailed wildly, clawing toward the surface. He exhausted the last of his reserves.
Bryson MCGann's world spun out of control as the transponder slipped from his grasp. This time it was too much. He sensed himself plummeting into the darkness, lost. In his last conscious moment, he felt strong pressure wrapping around him, squeezing his chest.
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