Doug Mercer

Floyd Carpenter, a 35 year old computer geek, has a brilliant idea but needs someone with connections in the drug world to prove that it will work. He re-establishes contact with childhood friend Jo Burke who reluctantly agrees to help. A reformed teenage addict with a successful army career behind her, her resourcefulness and strength are just what Floyd needed.

Things begin to go wrong almost immediately and they have no idea why. Their internet connections are compromised, their mobile phones are monitored, and attempts are made on both their lives. They hurriedly take flight with an unknown enemy in close pursuit. Along the way they make friends and enemies in unexpected places, including employees of American and local intelligence agencies and a dangerous group of anarchists with a hi-tech arsenal at their disposal. The novel is set in and around the city of Wellington, New Zealand.