The Enigma Gamers All Kidding Aside ~Excerpt
The Enigma Gamers – A CATS Tale (The Enigma Series Book 7)
Has today’s technology advanced to the point that the line between the real and cyber worlds has vanished? If so, will this unchecked digital landscape provide new social predators with opportunities to unleash terror and pain on unsuspecting victims, while avoiding detection from anywhere in the world? How does anyone find the culprits holding international cities, big businesses, air traffic, and even emergency systems hostage to terrifying digital ransom demands.
Julie and Juan’s cyber assassin technology services team are immersed in these outrageous cyber-crime events occurring at multiple locations around the world. The CATS team is the next generation of hunters in the find and fix contest of cyber warfare, unlike any seen to date. How will they prove that the of 21st-century video game playing has evolved beyond that simple after-school distraction for children? With Supercomputers, the adage ‘bigger toys for bigger boys’ takes on a whole new definition. These Gamers may be after far more than just points.
George, Ty, Ernesto, Mercedes, EZ, and even Juan—travel to and investigate their respective assignments where they find they are undermined by organization’s leadership unwilling to listen to reason, playing the part of a victim. Tampering with automated processes, driven by today’s explosion of technology use, is only the beginning of the competitive nature of these players. Cyber bad guys always think they can’t be caught or stopped.
Award-winning authors, Breakfield and Burkey, take their fans into this grittier story of The Enigma Series to explore virtual hacking within our technology-dependent world. Book 7 of the series, The Enigma Gamers, A CATS Tale, is focused on misguided technology using Julie and Juan’s talented and tenacious team of professionals committed to finding and punishing evil achievers in every corner of the real and virtual worlds.
You may find yourself trying to rewrite the ending to match how you see the world, or how it should be.
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Award-winning authors, Breakfield and Burkey, take their fans into this grittier story of The Enigma series to explore virtual hacking within our technology-dependent world. In book 7 of the series, *The Enigma Gamers*,
The CATS Team, led by Julie and Juan, is committed to avenging and administering justice to evildoers in every corner of the real and virtual worlds.
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All Kidding Aside ~Excerpt
The Enigma Gamers introduces a group that is more feet on the street involved than the other stories. However, some of the same characters do have interactions. In this portion of the story, Quip is trying to assert his superior quick-wittedness, however, Julie has known him forever and will never back down. These are two strong-minded characters who are each successful in their own way. Jacob is spot on with his assessment of Julie at the end of this selection. Not a person to discount or take lightly. Do you know anyone like that? How do you effectively interact with them? (just so you know it is a criminal offense in several states to disrupt the Feng Shui of a data center) Book Excerpt The Enigma Gamers – A CATS Tale Quip thoughtfully looked at Julie and recognized her sincerity as he asked, “Jesse James syndrome? What are you talking about? You mean a bunch of ex-Confederate soldiers running around with flour sacks tied around their heads to mask their identity as they robbed banks and trains at gunpoint? How 19th century you are in describing your new cyber adversaries, Julie! “Let me remind you how bandits rob in the 21st century,” he smirked. “People, like Charles Yukon, put together a bunch of like-minded corporate raiders with lots of money, buy up enough stock to get noticed, and send an open but threatening letter to the company’s directors warning them that he needs a better rate of return. Then he asks what they’re going to do about it. It used to be called greenmail, but now the politically correct euphemism is Activism. The demands are the same: pay me and my consortium to go away and we’ll leave you alone. However unsavory the activity is, it is still within the confines of the law.” Julie stilled her facial features, clucked her tongue in annoyance with Quip’s condescending tone and comments while on mute, but then responded, “Yes, we are all familiar with the corporate raider phrase here comes Yukon, now the company’s gone! That is not the situation I am tracking and considering as a possible pattern. Basically, the computer systems are hacked, ransom demands made. At this point, there are not overwhelming instances, but enough that I wanted it on the record.“This is clearly not within the legal boundaries of a publicly traded corporation. So, yes, this is very much like what the Jesse James gang did in the late 1800’s.” Julie then put on her most dazzling, megawatt smile and added, “And, Quip, if you ever use that condescending tone with me again, I swear I will launch my own raid against your data center and thoroughly trash the Feng Shui layout of your facility! I mean cable ties removed, power and data cables that are too long draped everywhere, blade servers sticking too far out of the racks, key grouping of servers pulled out and randomly sprinkled throughout the data center in different racks and in different directions, some being upside down! Got it?” Quip was noticeably shaken by the vile threat of ruining the Feng Shui of his data center. It took all of his intestinal fortitude as he cajoled, “Uh, Julie, there is no need to threaten such devastation and chaos against my data center for my inappropriate comment. My high spirited comment was only offered in jest. Since you find it so offensive, I of course will withdraw it and respectfully apologize.” Jacob then leaned over and whispered into Petra’s ear. “Boy, does she play dirty! Geezers!”
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