It’s a writer’s job to be tough on his characters, and I’m certainly no exception. In the Master Blasters series, the heroes have to work under tough non-negotiable deadlines, invent new methods and procedures as they go along, and master new tools under time pressure. Serious time pressure. Well, I’ve…
Leave a CommentWhen you do look up at the horizon, you may not like what you see … Tsunami, Drill Site #2, Contract Day 48 The wind howled past the Can like a lost soul, and the rhythmic surge of the surf jolted the Can as the waves swept around it, with…
Leave a CommentEvery Contract develops its unexpected problems … Chapter 3 Cut Once You measure success by how much good you have done for others. Zig Ziglar PortalNet Liaison, Vancouver, Contract Day 44 Chen hadn’t had a lot of sleep lately. He was wide awake anyway. This was a Go/ No Go…
Leave a CommentPortalNet Liaison, Vancouver, Contract Day 17 Carl Volcker, Point Negotiator for the Tsunami Contract, read the email from Tommygun with an air of mild interest, which he had perfected as a hostage negotiator all over the world. That was Triple A ball, which had brought him him here, to play…
Leave a CommentThe business of humanity is never finished. The Master Blasters are looking at another Contract, bigger than anything they’ve tackled before. Once, Earth was an iceball, frozen right down to the Equator. It thawed out again. There’s a world beyond the Portal in the same condition. The Ishanageri want it…
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