Clark's low voice rumbled, a slow drawl. "Yeah ... that's why I'm calling. I've got some bad news. You're being flown back to Washington red-hot priority. I'll meet you there."
Santos interrupted. "Washington? What for?"
"To figure out what this is ... and how we stop it."
Santos and Skinner silently exchanged bemused looks.
Just then, three loud sharp raps on the door rifled through the room. "Doctor Santos. We need to talk."
Clark's deep voice resonated through the room.
"Sounds like your ride's arrived. Guess I'll be seeing you soon!"
Acknowledgements
This is my first novel.
Which turned out to be harder than I thought.
What made it a lot easier was the help, guidance and advice of friends and experts who really knew what they were doing. So, I'd like to take a moment to thank a few of those brave souls who waded through my bad plots and poor character construction, and despite it all, never stopped encouraging me.
Thank you to my keen and wonderfully honest editors Julie Frikken, Terri Green, Kate Edis, Philippa Ramsay and Carol Lear. Thank you to Brian Cross for proofing professionalism. Thank you to StevenP for an awesome cover design that simultaneously delighted and creeped me out!
Thanks to my wonderful long-suffering and endlessly patient wife Diane, and my two beautiful daughters Rachel and Sara. They made me tea, they listened to my rambling and they never stopped believing.
And finally, thanks to you dear reader, for taking the time to read this book. I know you have a lot to do and not enough time to do it, so I really do appreciate you choosing to read my shiny new techno thriller.
Brian (www.brianjamescraighead.com)
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