The Fall (54 page)

Siege of Lightning

Ultimatum

Retribution

Exposture

Breakthrough

01-01-00

Y2K

Shutdown

Conspiracy.com

Firewall

Cyberterror

Havoc

SpyWare

The Eagle and the Cross

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

1. A Worthy Cause

2. Levels of Consciousness

3. Problem-Solving 101

4. Conspiracy

5. Time and Data

6. The Return of the Warrior

7. Pressure Point

8. Connecting the Dots

9. Surprise

10. Revelations

11. Misguided Men

12. The Big Kahuna

13. Good Enough

14. Risks and Costs

15. Real Fear

16. Running Man

17. Blinded by the Light

18. Take Me Home, Country Roads

Epilogue: New Beginnings

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by R. J. Pineiro

Copyright

 

T
HIS IS A WORK OF FICTION.
A
LL OF THE CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVENTS PORTRAYED IN THIS NOVEL ARE EITHER PRODUCTS OF THE AUTHOR'S IMAGINATION OR ARE USED FICTITIOUSLY.

 

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Pineiro, R. J.

     The fall: a novel / R. J. Pineiro. — First edition.

             pages; cm

     ISBN 978-1-250-05214-8 (hardcover)

     ISBN 978-1-4668-5347-8 (e-book)

   I. Title.

     PS3566.I5215F35 2015

     813'.54—dc23

2015015662

e-ISBN 9781466853478

First Edition: July 2015