A saga of greed and pride. Experience the 2070s when Climate Change is taking dramatic effect. The earth has come to a crossroads. Which path will humans take?
Two female assassins are pursued by armed mercenaries and city police through the streets of Kuala Lumpur. One of the women has attacked a meeting of the most powerful business executives on earth. The ensuing car chase of is the most "off-the-wall" in all of literature. The top CEO is humiliated, and he strikes back, causing collateral damages and killing innocent bystanders.
The narrative is a saga of greed and pride. It describes the earth in the 2070s when Climate Change is taking dramatic effect. The earth has come to a crossroads. Which path will humans take?
Excerpt
Jen switches tactics. She lets momentum reel him in. Then she jabs a hard punch to his solar plexus.
This close-quarter punch has been applied thousands of times in bouts of martial arts. It's her stock response when muscular foes like Griz get inside her guard. The solar plexus is a beefy slab that protects vital organs. She has never seen a slab thicker and tougher than Griz's, but this dude's comes close.
The effect of any punch is determined by two factors. First is the amount of force brought to bear. Second is the area of contact where fist meets flesh. Jen doesn't have the oomph of a 100-kilo male, but her knuckles cover less area than most men, and her punch impacts as hard as a prize fighter.
This kind of strike has usually pushed air from Griz's lungs and suspended flow in his arteries. She recalls how it stymied him, which gave her an easy escape. From this dude she expects a similar result, but she's astonished when her fist plunges to the wrist.
Congrats on a new book. Your excerpt leaves me wondering. From my experience, especially for a woman, the solar plexus is the worst place to punch. The Adam's apple is much more effective. But, in this case it appears that Jen's adversary has had some kind of plastic surgery making his solar plexus sixpack look good, but actually be just a veneer over a soft underbelly. But I'm probably wrong.
Would like to hear some of that "off-the-wall," car chase and definitely how Kuala Lumpur is dealing with global warming… Flooding? Storms?
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