The novel Alpha by Greg Rucka

May 27, 2017 18:19

In the novel "Alpha" the US Govt. has intelligence suggesting terrorists *might* hit the theme park Wilsonville. So they send in Jad Bell, skilled in giving bad guys a hard time, as the new security chief ( Read more... )

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allah_sulu May 31 2017, 00:35:35 UTC
And the US govt. lets this happen

And her father lets this happen.

I stopped reading at this point.

Understandable. Did you pay for this book?

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lots42 June 1 2017, 14:13:15 UTC
I paid a dollar.

And I was thinking, it would look odd if the head of security told anyone to stay away from the park.

But the US Govt. could have done any number of things. Faked tickets to a different park. Delayed the principal with an IRS audit. Lots of things that one generic-good-guy could not do.

Sort of like; "Hey, the terrorists at Nakitomo Plaza want a negotiator! Let's send in John McClane's mom!"

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