Location: A security convention - the perfect place for hackers, security experts and tech geeks to gather and discuss the latest gossips, hacks and cons. For Paul, Chloe and their crew, it is the ideal hunting ground for their most ambitious plan to date. After a year of undercover recruiting across the country, they have a crew of elite, anarchy driven activists. Under the cover of the most prestigious hacker event, they're going up against US congress to take them down - it's the bigges...

Inspired by author Rick Dakan’s own eventful experiences in the video game and comic book industries, the Geek Mafia series satisfies the hunger in all of us to buck the system, take revenge on corporate America, and live a life of excitement and adventure.Key West—southernmost point in the United States, Mile Zero on Highway 1; and as far as you can run away from your past troubles without swimming to Cuba. Key West—originally Cayo Huesos or Isle of Bones, for centuries a...

Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowning his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets an alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe. With her gang of technopirate friends, Chloe helps Paul not only take revenge on his former employers, but also extort a small fortune from them in the process. What more could a recently unemployed, over-worked videogame designer in Silicon Valley ask for?In return for Chloe’s help, Paul ag...

What do you call 1000 hackers assembled into one hotel for the weekend? A menace to society? Trouble waiting to happen? They call it a computer security conference, or really, a Hacker Con. A place for hackers, security experts, penetration testers, and tech geeks of all stripes to gather and discuss the latest hack, exploits, and gossip. For Paul, Chloe, and their Crew of con artist vigilantes, it’s the perfect hunting ground for their most ambitious plans yet.After a year of unde...

Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowing his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets am alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe. With her band of technopirate friends, she helps Paul not only take revenge on his former employers, but also extort a small fortune from them in the process. In return, he agrees to counterfeit comic books for one of their schemes, but in the process, he falls in for their fun-loving, drug fuelled, ...

Key West -southernmost point in the US, Mile Zero on Highway 1, for centuries refuge to pirates and wreckers and now home to a new crew of techno geek con artists who've set-up their HQ there. Paul and Chloe have the run of the sun-drenched island free to scam the enemies thet left in the silicone valley. They have also brought some tech know how to the island and their new crew have covered the island with big brother style cameras and sensors...but will the gadgets and games be enough wh...

Take your shot at becoming the next Tolkien, Asimov, or King with this simple roadmap to transforming your fiction into works of artWriting Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is your skeleton key to creating the kind of fiction that grips readers and compels them to keep turning pages (even if it's well past their bedtime!)You'll start with the basics of creative writing—including character, plot, and scene—and strategies for creating engaging s...

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A thriller novel is a novel that uses suspense, excitement, apprehension and exhilaration to tell a story. Thriller novels have villains, suspense, and action in settings such as espionage, medicine, crime, politics, and high tech.They often involve life and death situations and have high stakes, like the control of the world or the possibility of widespread death or destruction.Many times innocent people are victimized, stalked, or caught in situations that are beyond thei...