Messages from the Dark

Amy Becker has looks, brains and wealth. She lives on her yacht. Her great-uncle, Armand Dessard, owns the largest bulk shipping company in the world. She is heir to his fortune and the position as CEO. Her parents are world-famous architects. Her boyfriend, Camilo, operates his family's legal businesses in North and South America while his father and brothers operate a government-sanctioned cocaine business. When they head off to Chile to "secretly" consummate their love, it requires...
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Amy Becker has looks, brains and wealth. She lives on her yacht. Her great-uncle, Armand Dessard, owns the largest bulk shipping company in the world. She is heir to his fortune and the position as CEO. Her parents are world-famous architects. Her boyfriend, Camilo, operates his family's legal businesses in North and South America while his father and brothers operate a government-sanctioned cocaine business. When they head off to Chile to "secretly" consummate their love, it requires jets, security from both families, and the Chilean Army. The less-than-clandestine merger gets a thumbs-up, about time, from the playboy great-uncle, a "we did it too" from her father, a smile from his father, and all but war from the mothers.Amy returns to her task of running the shipping business. In America, a number of strange and dramatic murders take place in clusters of 'Ten'-a small revolution in the making. The government controls more and more aspects of commerce and everyday life of the people. The government made a bet on new battery technology to make wind and solar power work. It didn't. They shuttered coal and nuclear plants to the extent that the power is off for four hours a night to conserve. As the economy goes to hell, the Chinese and Saudis want paid for their loans made to support the ever-enlarging welfare state. When Amy approaches her great-uncle about getting involved because the world economy is worsening, he approves. She communicates with Robert, a highly intelligent but strange man. They team up to utilize each other's talents and resources to address the States' problems. Camilo joins in the effort, and they formulate a plan to finance, communicate and provide logistical support. They enlist the support of a varied cast to accomplish big actions. These actions put fear into the politicians and bureaucrats who have taken over the government and use the power to control people's lives.While all this is going on, attempts are made on Amy's life by a man running a secret section of the CIA. They want control of her shipping company for nefarious reasons, and he has a five million dollar bonus waiting for killing Amy. A number of characters make a cameo appearance to demonstrate the overbearing government's effect on their lives. Some create violent solutions of their own. The unique combination of a wealthy young couple, drug lords, mafia, former military and ordinary citizens fighting a rat's nest of government corruption makes for a fun and fast-paced romp that is thought-provoking for you, the reader.