O2xygone

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A murder. A conspiracy. A secret quest. And an event not seen in sixty-five million years. So are the ingredients for a buckle your seat ride that moves seamlessly, even effortlessly from Paris, Algiers and Afghanistan to the United States of America where it oscillates between the south and east coasts, the deserts of Arizona and the Pacific northwest, with an extraterrestrial trip in between.

O2xyGone details an effort to conceal an impending event not experienced since dinosaurs ruled the world and four people determined to thwart that effort and expose a very existential threat to the future of life on planet Earth as we know it.

At its core are a woman mourning a death, but no ordinary woman- a veteran US Army ranger with her own regrets; a conspiracy theorist determined to investigate all too regular yet inexplicable seismic movements, but no ordinary conspiracy theorist- a discarded Top Gun with something to prove; a French policeman on the hunt to solve the murder that began it all, but no ordinary policeman- a man whose pursuit knows no boundaries; and last but not least, an FBI agent whose ordinariness is defined by WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get!

Against them all are powerful people at the core of the defense industrial base and the very US government that they serve.

Author Bio

I am a retired Information Technology Executive who likes to tell stories and always wanted to write them down but like many climbing the corporate ladder, never had the time to do so until now.

One such story I carried with me in my head for forty years. It was a story about the 'Bones of Christ' being discovered. It came to me a long time ago as a result of a discussion I had as a young teenager with a pious man who was concerned about my then wanderings from the core of my Irish Catholic faith. I knew his faith was very strong and I asked him what it would take to shake it to its core. His answer was 'if they ever found the bones of Christ for he rose body and soul.' That got me thinking about a story; a story that would become Corpus Christi, my debut novel. It is a great story, even if I do say so myself. And I hope those of you that read it, enjoy doing so as much as I enjoyed writing it.

My second book, 'Counterpunch' is also now available. It is an intricate tale about an assassination attempt on the President of the United States set against the backdrop of a terrorist attack on our mainland. It wasn't percolating as long is my head as my first book, but the end result is of no less quality.

As is my third book, 'Perpetual Sin'. It is a dark novel in which satanic forces are set against those of God. A curse is unleashed - the curse of the first born - and it must be stopped lest evil triumph over good and another innocent victim is taken. The clock is ticking.

And my fourth book, "I am William Wallace," a memoir of my career climbing the corporate ladder. It is essential reading for any aspiring, even mid-tier Information Technology executive, or anybody else with general management aspirations. It borrows heavily from Mel Gibson's Braveheart and is a compelling memoir of my determination to overcome rejection at an early age and rise to the highest echelons of leadership in Information Technology in a Fortune 100 company. Like the story of William Wallace depicted in Braveheart, "I am William Wallace" touches all the emotions that it is humanly possible to experience excitement, disappointment, elation, betrayal, anxiety, confidence, love, anger, compassion, forgiveness, humor, fear, shock, and awe.
The successes, mistakes, even failures, experienced on my journey and the observed behaviors of the people whom I met along the way, and their impact on me personally, are a must for anyone on the same path, to know, understand and internalize.
Replicating my journey won't guarantee the same success but not learning from it will almost certainly herald an outcome more like Falkirk than Sterling Bridge.

After the memoir I returned to fiction, and my latest is Ozxygone, a tale in the age of climate change. It begins with a shocking murder, continues with a government cover-up, and ends with a cataclysmic revelation. Fueled by a woman on a mission, a man on the fringes, and an international police operation, it is a race to solve a crime, expose a conspiracy, and prevent a mass extinction event not seen since the dinosaurs.

My accomplice in crime in all these endeavors was my wife Eleanor and our three adult children, James, Maire, and Anne who reviewed, edited and gave their seal of approval, the seal of approval that is worthy of the name Connolly.