Down In The Valley: An Arch Patton Adventure (Arch Patton Adventures Book 1)
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“What about the cable running across the top of the Koolau range, and the huge plane and nuclear plant aboard it at Bellows?” Arch asked, not giving either Kurt or Frank the opportunity to mouth meaningless platitudes of apology.
“The plane’s powering the radio interference antennas you couldn’t see,” the general responded, “he one’s suppressing radio transmissions coming out of the object. The plane’s carrying the nuclear power plant for that but also a nuclear weapon in case it’s needed, since they don’t store them at Pearl anymore and the Navy hasn’t been brought into this yet.”
“How can that be? A supposed alien craft transmitting regular old radio signals?’ Arch asked, in surprise.
“We don’t know but we do know there’s nothing regular about anything dealing with the object,” Virginia answered. “The White House wants total containment so we can’t even get expert scientific opinions about much of anything yet. The White House doesn’t know about any of you, either,” she said, looking to Ahi and Matisse before coming back to meet Arch’s gaze.
“What about my Bonneville?” Matisse asked.
“We towed it away for repairs on the base. It was the least we could do for you,” the general said.
“Where do we go from here?” Arch asked into the silence.
Nobody said a word. The general looked over at Virginia who smiled at Arch with what he now considered a cold smile.
“Down into the valley, of course,” she said.
The end of Book One.
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James Strauss was born into a U.S. Coast Guard family during WWII. He’s live in thirty-four places — from South Manitou Island in Michigan to Honolulu Hawaii — and held positions, with credentials, to serve in over twenty-five careers, ranging from University Professor in Anthropology, deep sea diver, and Physician’s Assistant to U.S. Marine Corps Officer, police officer, and novelist.
Mr. Strauss enjoyed publishing three novels (The Boy, The Warrior, and The Bering Sea); written numerous television and movie screenplays; and currently publishes a weekly newspaper, The Geneva Shore Report, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife of forty-seven years.
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