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Synopsis
Brilliant, beautiful, 21-year-old Katie Brandt, PhD candidate and woman of faith, detects a deadly conspiracy. Suspecting it's only the tip of an iceberg, she dives in, pulling fellow grad student, Joshua West, with her into a high-risk investigation of a cyber-terrorist plot. Damaged as a child by the foster-care system, Katie takes huge risks to win acceptance and love. But when she risks the life of Josh, an agnostic who isn't prepared to die, she fears her mistake might have eternal consequences. And that would break Katie's heart, a heart rapidly falling for Josh. If Katie and Josh survive the investigation, can they span the chasm of divergent worldviews that separates them? How can they awaken a dozing nation to a three-pronged danger that threatens its very existence? Triple Threat, a conspiracy you might read in tomorrow's paper...but pray you never will.
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About the Author
H. L. Wegley served in the USAF as an Intelligence Analyst and a Weather Officer. In civilian life he performed research in atmospheric physics. After earning an MS in Computer Science, he worked 20+ years in systems development at Boeing before retiring near Seattle, where he and his wife of 48 years enjoy small-group ministry, grandchildren, hiking on the Olympic Peninsula, snorkeling Maui whenever possible, and where he writes inspirational thrillers and romantic suspense novels.
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Triple Threat
By H. L. WegleyPelican Ventures, LLC
Copyright © 2014 H. L. Wegley
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-61116-382-7All rights reserved.
CHAPTER 1
Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name. - Psalm 91:14
As Katie Brandt read the printed email message in her hands, the words resurrected a horror from her graveyard of buried thoughts. Once again, she winced and writhed in the water as bullets from the AK-47 pounded her back. But as terrifying as that day five years ago had been, today could be worse. Much worse.
In only a few more minutes, another shooter would open fire with an assault rifle. She read the next line of the message and drew a sharp breath. The printout slipped from her fingers and floated to the floor. The shooter was local ... at Seattle Center.
When she dropped to her knee on the computer lab floor to scoop up the paper, the reality of the situation brought an icy chill. Her mom and the twins were three miles away somewhere in the crowd at the big expo ... at Seattle Center.
Little Grace and Grady stood in front of her. A gun barrel swung their way and the staccato popping of the rifle —
No! She couldn't allow the scene to play in her mind. A determination so fierce that it drowned her fear gripped Katie's will.
I've got to shut it down.
Still kneeling, she pulled out her cell, hit her mom's speed dial number, and waited. Come on, Jenn, answer. Mom ... Jenn, she was still deciding what to call her adoptive mother of nearly five and a half years.
Darn it! The call went to voice mail. Riding herd on a class of kindergarteners at the expo, no telling when Jenn would be able to check her messages.
The lab door opened with a sharp click. Whoever it was, she prayed they had driven to the university today, because she needed a ride, and she needed it now. With a little luck it would be a guy. She could use a big, strong guy like ...
She grabbed the paper from the floor and looked up into the warm brown eyes of Joshua West, one of the other PhD candidates in the University of Washington's Computer Science and Engineering Department. Josh was perfect.
Katie had previously avoided his friendly overtures, but not today. "Josh, I need a ride, now." She stood, her heart hammering out a driving rhythm.
The soft look in Josh's eyes turned to concern, etching twin lines on his brow. "Kathryn, what's wrong?"
"Don't call me Kathryn. I'm Katie. Josh, did you drive in today?"
"Yeah. I —"
"How fast can you get me to Seattle Center?"
Josh's frown intensified.
"Please, Josh. I need to get there in ten minutes or ..." She couldn't finish. Not only were Jenn and the twins at the big education expo, but there were thousands of other schoolchildren. She grabbed Josh's hand and squeezed.
"Oww! That's quite a grip you've —"
"Josh?"
"Yeah. I can take you. But seriously, ten minutes? I'll probably get a speeding ticket ... or get arrested for reckless driving."
"I'll pay for it as long as you don't let anyone stop us until we reach the west side of the Center."
"Pay for it? They won't let you do my jail time." He shook his head.
"Josh, please." She couldn't help it. She was begging.
Josh's expression changed. "OK. Kath ... uh, Kate, let's go. Do you mind telling me why we're in such a hurry?"
We're in such a hurry? Josh had bought in, completely. Katie grabbed his arm and jerked him toward the door. "We need to run. I'll tell you on the way." She yanked the lab door open and sprinted toward the exit nearest the park
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