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Description edit
For decades, inexplicable technology has passed into our world through the top secret anomaly called the Breach.
The latest device can punch a hole into the future . . .
What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into seventy years from now scared the hell out of her. She... read more
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Characters edit
- Paige Campbell: Head of Tangent.
- Travis: Former cop, former convict. Lives under a new identity provided by Tangent. Living in Atlanta.
- Bethany Stewart: 24 years old; Tangent employee, high-end data security expert.
- Isaac Finn: former Peace Corps volunteer, created "For Good International" organization intended to re-establish stability in countries and areas of famine and war.
- Richard Garner: Former President of the United States, resigned after the death of his wife.
- Patrick Lee: Author.
- Walter Currey: Current POTUS.
- Audra Nash Finn: Wife of Isaac Finn, deceased.
- Lambert: Technical specialist working for Isaac Finn.
- Renee: Alternate identity for Bethany Stewart.
- Dyer: Secret Service agent protecting former POTUS Garner.
- Rob Pullman: Alternate identity for Travis Chase.
- Renee Turner: Full name of alternate identity for Bethany Stewart.
- Boyce: Operative working for Isaac Finn.
- Grayling: Technical specialist working with Miller.
- Martin Crawford: One of 4 top Tangent employees; 74 years old, had worked with Peter Campbell at the discovery of The Breach.
- Greer: Senior Secret Service agent to former President Garner.
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Fifty seconds before the first shots hit the motorcade, Paige Campbell was thinking about the fall of Rome.
Table of Contents edit
Part 1: IRIS
Chapters 1 - 17
Part 2: UMBRA
Chapters 18 - 32
Part 3: ARICA
Chapters 33 - 47
Glossary edit
- BREACH: Physical anomaly located at the former site of the Very Large Ion Collider (VLIC) at Wind Creek Wyoming. The BREACH may be an Einstein-Rosen bridge, or wormhole.
- ENTITY: Any object that emerges from the BREACH.
- Border Town: refers to the subsurface research complex contructed at the VLIC site; to serve the housing and working needs of scientific and security personnel studying the BREACH.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Travis Chase. (standard series)
Preceded by The Breach, and followed by Deep Sky.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patrick Lee (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper
Country: USA
Publication Date: Dec-2010
ISBN: 978-0061584442
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Harper
Country: USA
Publication Date: Dec-2010
ISBN: 978-0061584442
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- http://www.patrickleefiction.com/: author's website
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