by Scott McEwen
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Also by Scott McEwen and Hof Williams
About the Authors
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
THE TRIGGER MECHANISM. Copyright © 2020 by Scott McEwen and Tod H. Williams. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Cover design by James Iacobelli
Cover photographs: boy © R.M. Nunes/Shutterstock.com; sky © Yuriy Kulik/Shutterstock.com; motorbike (left) © Yibo Wang/Shutterstock.com; motorbike (right) © takoburito/Shutterstock.com; motorbike (center) © Tinny Photo/Shutterstock.com; large drone © FS11/Shutterstock.com; small drone © Volodymyr Goinyk/Shutterstock.com; dirt © ChaiwatUD/ Shutterstock.com; explosion © Vandathai/Shutterstock.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: McEwen, Scott, author. | Williams, Tod Harrison, author.
Title: The trigger mechanism / Scott McEwen and Hof Williams.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2020. | Series: Camp Valor series; 2
Identifiers: LCCN 2019045669 | ISBN 9781250088253 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250088260 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Hackers—Fiction. | Cyberterrorism—Fiction. | Spies—Fiction. | Adventure and adventurers—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M43455 Tr 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019045669
eISBN 9781250088260
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First Edition: February 2020