Reap the Whirlwind [Hardcover]

Douglas De Bono (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2001

REAP THE WHIRWIND December 1999, the United States relinquishes control of the Panama Canal. The Chinese owned Panama Ports Company assumes control and a disturbing veil of secrecy descends over the strategic waterway.

A clandestine mission to China's Fujian province discovers that most of the missiles pointed at Taiwan are dummies.

CIA analyst Jonas Benjamin suspects the missing missiles are being shipped to Panama on Chinese container ships. He sets out for the Panama Zone confirm his suspicions but disappears. It is then up to Special Forces Major Jim Harper to stage a desperate rescue mission.

The legendary Chinese spymaster, known as Goldenrod, is sent to America to launch a devastating cyber attack on America's electronic eye's and ears. Amid the digital battle that ensues, a disaffected computer hacker, "Captin America", discovers the truth.

The forces of greed, power, fear, and honor do battle in a desperate race against against the clock in Douglas De Bono's new thriller "Reap The Whirlwind"

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About the Author

Douglas De Bono is a data base administrator and designer in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. He runs his own consulting company called Systems Consulting, Inc. Doug makes his home with his wife Cathy and their three children Amanda, Ben and, Amy. His writing stems from a life long interest in military and political affairs, and his goal is to make the reader wonder where the facts leave off and the fiction begins. Doug is a graduate of Carleton College(1978). He currently holds a second degree black belt,and he is an avid shooter.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 418 pages
• Publisher: Bookmice Publishing Company (March 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970709331
• ISBN-13: 978-0970709332
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,843,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Writing is my hobby. In my spare time I run company called Systems Consulting. We provide database administration, performance tuning, blah blah services in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

I have written six books with UNIT 999 due out in 2006.

I live with my bride of 28 years in a cozy suburb. The kids are mostly grown. For pets we have a Black Lab named Ripley, a parakeet named YoYo and brand new Yorkshire Terrier named Tikva.

I am a 4th degree blackbelt. I try to run fifteen miles a week. I like to take a bagful of guns to the range and make alot of noise. In the parlance of my company, this is called ballistic research.

There is much more at the website. I urge you to check it out.