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  ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  Terry Burns, one of the top-ranked literary agents in the U.S., provided sage advice and guidance. Rick Eldridge and Fred Miller’s creativity and global perspective continue to provide inspiration and focus, and a huge thanks to my wife Lilli and my talented editors, Teri Burns, Ryan Deken and Frankie Sutton.

  A special thanks to the intrepid members of the Fuzed Advisory Board who will be keeping the message inside alive and accurate: Hall of Fame Astronaut Ken Bowersox, Weather Channel legend Jim Cantore, Intelligence Expert Carl Deckert, Navy Chief Test Pilot Vice Admiral Joe Dyer, NAVAIR CIO Susan Dyer, Counter-terrorism Expert Stuart Frisch, NASA Program Executive Dave Lavery, Astronaut and CEO Dr. Ed Lu, CEO Jerry Meadows, Department of Justice Senior Analyst Nick Nickles and world renowned astrophysicists Dr. Bill Napier and Dr. Joe Veverka.

  As in the first book, the accuracy of this story hinges on the expertise of many. In addition to the Advisory Board, the following subject-matter experts gave generously of their time and knowledge: Joe Baggett, Linda Baggett, Chris Boblit, Commander Thomas Bosy, Stan Boyd, Peter Coker, Lori Davidson, Carol Deken, Lou Deken, Reed DeVries, Lester Eisenbeck, Margaret Eisenbeck, Dennis Glynn, Tommy Harper, Amy Hunter, Shirley Hunnicutt, Garrett Johnson, Jay Jost, Kristi Kyle, Maureen Marshall, Glenn Martin, Jessica Li Martin, Cherry Meadows, Richard Mustakos, Lee Person, Cletus Pew, Commander Jim Roberts, Brett Sappington, Lanell Shepherd, Dr. Carolyn Shoemaker, Dan Smith, Scott Straub, Dale Stevens, Lilli Stevens, Bart Waggoner and Doyle Yager.

  I also want to thank the many awesome reviewers who helped craft a better story. They include Dale Barnes, Jackie Bray, Albert Comulada, Victoria Comulada, Naomi Chuckwuk, Rob Gryger, Lesia Harper, Sam Hailes, Tim Hendricks, Laura Stevens-Hawkins, Christian Johnson, Judy Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Dr. Jeff Moore, Jola Moore, Molly Mueller, Ellen O’Neal, Patrick O’Neal, Steve Ray, Betsy Smith, Dr. Ann Ward and Dr. Brad Ward.

  Copyright © 2016 by David E. Stevens

  Revised Edition 2017

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  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing, except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information regarding permission, contact FuzedSeries@comcast.net.

  Cambridge Free Press

  ISBN 978 0 9972164 0 0 (print)

  ISBN 978 0 9972164 1 7 (Kindle)

  ISBN 978 0 9972164 2 4 (epub)

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Contents

  DEDICATION

  INTRODUCTION

  I IMPACT

  1 THE END

  2 COMET

  3 IMPACT

  4 IMAGINE

  5 DEPLOY

  6 HACKED

  7 BOGOTA

  8 LOST

  9 WATERFALL

  10 FARC

  11 GALERAS

  12 LAVA

  II CONSPIRACY

  13 BLACK HAWK

  14 RETURN

  15 DNA

  16 THE FARM

  17 SURVEILLANCE

  18 CONSPIRACY

  19 IMAGINATION

  20 SPECTOR

  21 REUNION

  22 BOTIC

  23 ARCHITECT

  24 CONNECT

  25 CIA

  III DEFCON

  26 SHANGHAI

  27 SUSPECT

  28 TARGET

  29 PURSUIT

  30 SLEEPER

  31 JETPACK

  32 DEFCON

  33 CHECKMATE

  34 ESCAPE

  IV INCEPTION

  35 WWIII

  36 REVEAL

  37 BRUSSELS

  38 INCEPTION

  39 DESTROY

  40 BIAS

  41 PROSECUTE

  42 M.I.A.

  V EXECUTION

  43 INTERLUDE

  44 PRISON

  45 ALLIES

  46 RESCUE

  47 COMA

  48 TRIAL

  49 EXECUTION

  50 APOCALYPSE

  EPILOGUE

  HOW REAL IS THIS

  PREVIEW BOOK 3: MPOSSIBLE

  CHARACTER REVIEW

  AUTHOR

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  COPYRIGHT