The Gelwick Faxes: An Eyewitness Account of the Senate Hostage Crisis - Softcover

Cooker, John; McKelvey, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401012205 ISBN 13: 9781401012205

Publisher: Xlibris Corp, 2001

Synopsis

WARNING: THIS BOOK CAN BE EXPLOSIVE. Senators have always lived in fear of being the next terrorist target. But never did they suspect they would be staring down the gun barels of US Army officers. Colonel Christine Davis has taken seventy-five of them hostage at a symposium. She is setting up the C-SPAN cameras for a live broadcast to America. She wants to rouse an American electorate frustrated with a lack of voice in Washington. The FBI thinks the program is much too strong for the TV viewing audience and shuts it down, while censoring all media coverage. Allan Gelwick is a reporter caught with the Senators. He emails his newspaper about the uninvited guests, who let him continue to report uninterrupted. They need his coverage. His laptop becomes the focal point of negotiations with the FBI and communications with covert operatives on the inside as they maneuver into striking position. It is up to him to navigate events as they lurch through this deadly mine field.

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From the Publisher:

These are what some folks in the industry have said about this book:

"Cooker's unique approach provides half the suspense in this page-turner about a Senate takeover by US Army officers. His tongue-in-cheek comments make his characters all the more real. Gelwick Faxes is a perfect example of fine fiction." -Alexis Handerahan, Editor, White Mane Books

"I think you have a dynamite story here and an interesting way of presenting it." -Irene W. Kraas, Kraas Literary Agency

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Senators have always lived in fear of being the next terrorist target. But never did they suspect they would be staring down the gun barrels of US Army officers. Colonel Christine Davis has taken seventy-five of them hostage at a weapons symposium. She is setting up the C-SPAN cameras for a live broadcast to America. The FBI thinks the program is much too strong for the TV viewing audience, and shuts it down, while censoring all other coverage. Allan Gelwick is a reporter caught with the senators. He emails his newspaper about the uninvited guests, who let him report uninterrupted. They want his coverage. But what are their demands?! His laptop becomes the focal point of negotiations with the FBI and communications with covert operatives on the inside as they maneuver into striking position. It is up to him to navigate events as they lurch through this deadly mine field

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris Corp
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1401012205
• ISBN 13: 9781401012205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196