Epilogue II: A Bonus Chapter to Hidden Order

Epilogue II: A Bonus Chapter to Hidden Order

July 25, 2013

Cape Cod Massachusetts     They had been in the water for less than five minutes when they saw two SUVs racing up the beach with their light bars flashing. Someone must be drowning, Harvath thought. Looking at Lara, he wondered if she was thinking the same thing too. Then he saw the expression on her face and realized the wave of painful memories that...

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Book Club Questions: Hidden Order

Book Club Questions: Hidden Order

July 20, 2013

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F. Kennedy 1) In the opening pages of HIDDEN ORDER Claire seeks and finds escape and revival on Sea Island. Where and how do you escape and recharge? What places and traditions comfort you? 2) Scot asks his Somali ally Mukami why he works with pirates, which Mukami suggests...

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Research Resources: Black List

April 13, 2013

Black List was a fascinating book to research. I have been intrigued with the concept of “total surveillance” ever since I read George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984. I love technology – in particular American technology – especially when it’s used to defeat bad guys. But as a writer, I couldn’t help but wonder what might happen if technology suddenly was...

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Book Club Questions: Black List

Book Club Questions: Black List

April 1, 2013

1. What are your thoughts on how technology is used and misused today? How might current technology be misused in the future? 2. How has your own privacy been compromised, and how could you have prevented it? 3. What does your/our future look like if more privacy is taken away? 4. Is added security worth it if it requires giving...

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