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Atmos Fear
Just before Labor Day 2008, Manhattan wakes up to a morning of terror. In this case, a string of subway attacks with cyanide gas. Wall Street trader Mark Wendale suffers heavy losses as a result, and finds himself allied to Deaman 'Drill' Boiseau, a shady ex-special forces fixer working for a large oil corporation.
The energy majors are worried about the upcoming presidential election, and enter into an unholy alliance with Mid-East terror groups to keep the American military in Iraq. Scientist Jennifer Ripley is at the heart of a new discovery that threatens to shake the energy world, crippling oil producing nations; America and China are uneasy allies in this secret energy war―which doesn't stay secret for long!
Peter Wibaux is the author of award-winning novel The India Road, and in his new book Atmos Fear he explores the tensions of international power, and the struggle for energy dominance, in a story that moves from the California desert to the sands of Syria, from Bangkok to southern Spain.
Murder, espionage, and sex are all part of the battle for the future of the planet―the prize is the end of terrorism, and a new world order. But will Jennifer live long enough to make it all come true?
The energy majors are worried about the upcoming presidential election, and enter into an unholy alliance with Mid-East terror groups to keep the American military in Iraq. Scientist Jennifer Ripley is at the heart of a new discovery that threatens to shake the energy world, crippling oil producing nations; America and China are uneasy allies in this secret energy war―which doesn't stay secret for long!
Peter Wibaux is the author of award-winning novel The India Road, and in his new book Atmos Fear he explores the tensions of international power, and the struggle for energy dominance, in a story that moves from the California desert to the sands of Syria, from Bangkok to southern Spain.
Murder, espionage, and sex are all part of the battle for the future of the planet―the prize is the end of terrorism, and a new world order. But will Jennifer live long enough to make it all come true?
317 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 27, 2013
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Peter Wibaux
5 books1 followerPeter Wibaux is an academic who was educated in Portugal and the United Kingdom. For more than two decades he has had the unique opportunity to perform scientific work on four continents and travel extensively in the East. He presently lives in Lisbon and enjoys reading, music, and good wine.
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May 28, 2013
This is an author review. I published Atmos Fear in January 2013, after making the (difficult) decision to move entirely into digital publishing. I have mountains of books at home, as I'm sure you do, and from now on will only buy a 'physical' book if it really merits a place on the bookshelf. A digital read will act as triage.
Atmos Fear is a work of fiction, and examines how a relatively minor change in our world could profoundly affect our lives. In this case, the impact cuts across nations and continents. Of course it needs heroes, and in this case a heroine. Like any novel it also needs tension, pace, and a couple of twists.
Although the primary setting for Atmos Fear is the United States, I do a lot of travelling, so I hope you'll find that you can lose yourself convincingly in China, Thailand, or Andalusia.
I do a lot of science writing in research journals, where critical reviews are provided 'ante-facto', and if they're valid, you will not reach publication. Novels are the other way around, so I'm looking forward to your comments, good and bad, and will be honored to receive them.
Atmos Fear is a work of fiction, and examines how a relatively minor change in our world could profoundly affect our lives. In this case, the impact cuts across nations and continents. Of course it needs heroes, and in this case a heroine. Like any novel it also needs tension, pace, and a couple of twists.
Although the primary setting for Atmos Fear is the United States, I do a lot of travelling, so I hope you'll find that you can lose yourself convincingly in China, Thailand, or Andalusia.
I do a lot of science writing in research journals, where critical reviews are provided 'ante-facto', and if they're valid, you will not reach publication. Novels are the other way around, so I'm looking forward to your comments, good and bad, and will be honored to receive them.
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