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SPIES, LIES & LAPTOPS: Ecuadorian Intrigue by
Like your intrigue with an online trip deep into the Dark Web? How about a trip deep into the Ecuadorian jungle? Throw in two nuclear submarines, the CIA, Ecuadorian Army Intelligence, an Iraqi arms deal, ISIS, a hacker that someone implanted with a monitoring device, a couple of murders, some red-hot sex and you’ve got, SPIES, LIES & LAPTOPS! Luis Rodriguez is an eighteen year-old surfer dude who just happens to be one of the world’s top hackers. He is living in the beautiful South American country of Ecuador where he effortlessly supports his family by hacking a living from some local low hanging fruit like Credit Unions and Financial Co-Ops. But he is a world class hacker, always on the prowl for the big enchilada, and damn if he didn’t find it when he goes deep into the dark web and hacks into an ISIS/Iraqi nuclear weapons deal. Luis knew he was on the edge of a colossal payout, but unfortunately, colossal payouts don’t come cheap. He finds himself dead center between an Iraqi arms dealer, an Ecuadorian drug kingpin, the CIA and Ecuadorian Army Intelligence, some not so well behaved players, and all of them looking for our Luis. Regina Plasteri is a twenty-five year old CIA analyst stationed at the American Embassy in Ecuador. With a sign on her desk brazenly stating, “BUREAUCRATIZE NOT SPOKEN HERE,†she has always been the CIA Chief’s hardest to handle, but best analyst. Regina is a drop dead, gorgeous brunette who brags she is fluent in Spanish and Amor and when she crosses paths with Luis, the sparks fly, bringing on an international intelligence scramble. Wanting to stop this ISIS/Iraqi arms deal, Ecuadorian Army Intel tries to get into Luis’s well protected computer by surgically implanting him with a device that will store and transmit, on demand, every single one of his computer keystrokes. It was a slick “operation,†so slick, Luis never knew it happened. Oblivious, he continues on with his eclectic life of family, psychedelics, improbable lovers, and surfing. But the bright lights of this good life quickly dim when he finally discovers he has been implanted. Now what coach? What should he do, have it taken out? What will the people who implanted him do when they find out he had it removed? And what if it is a one-way implant, with a “kill switch,†where any attempt at removal would trigger it? Luis even entertains the idea of leaving it in and hacking his own implant! The combinations of scenarios are dizzying, making him crazy, and well they ought to, because in all but the best of these scenarios, they end with a death sentence. Wait for it and enjoy it, it comes with one of this most realistic, engrossing and twisted endings to come down the pike in a long time!
