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    Skullduggery in Reykjavik
    Skullduggery in Reykjavik
    Skullduggery in Reykjavik
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    Skullduggery in Reykjavik

    By Alex Wilson

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    Sleepy and orderly Iceland seems the last place to expect violence and corruption. Josh is engaged to help learn why a high tech company’s application for a commercial permit is being strangely blocked. What should have been a straight forward business issue triggers off assassination attempts and international intrigue. Josh and Dana narrowly escape having passage to the farm of eternal repose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlex Wilson
    Release dateAug 2, 2012
    ISBN9781476021386
    Skullduggery in Reykjavik
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    Alex Wilson

    At 72, Alex's wife said 'Why not try writing?' Within 4 months he had six novellas on Smashwords and now, a couple of years later, 18. Obviously there was stuff lurking in there waiting to be said. Alex's wife is also his muse and editor, and a good one. They live in St. Petersburg, FL where there is a surprising amount of writerly activity.

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      Skullduggery in Reykjavik - Alex Wilson

      Skullduggery in Reykjavik

      A novella by Alex Wilson

      Copyright 2012

      Smashwords edition

      ‘No.’

      Martin Mulholland was incredulous. ‘No? I’m sorry but we don’t understand. Our application has been well researched and is in order. The project will bring construction investment to your country, high salary employment and tax revenue and will tread imperceptibly on your environment. What is the justification for denying our application?’

      ‘Thank you for your interest in our country and for your proposal but there are many aspects to be considered and we have found the project incompatible with our standards. That is our final word and now I must excuse myself. Other duties require my attention.’

      With that, the Minister of Industry for the nation of Iceland closed his finely tooled leather document case, rose and left the meeting room. The American delegation for Lustron Systems sat stunned. After brief discussion, they, also, gathered their papers and prepared to retire to assess the situation and rethink their plan.

      * * * * * * *

      ‘Are you following this, Mr. Malley?’

      ‘So far. I’ll have questions but please continue and perhaps they’ll be answered as your full story unfolds.’

      Josh had been paying close attention despite the temptation to look out at the spectacular Oracle campus towards the east on the Redwood City peninsula that jutted into San Francisco Bay.

      The senior executive of Lustron paused, nodded and turned back to his PowerPoint presentation.

      He went on to delineate the frustrations and suspicions his company was encountering in their efforts to establish a cloud computing center in Iceland. He and his planning team had viewed it as a slam dunk, a win/win situation they expected the powers-that-be in Iceland to embrace. But, instead, their carefully constructed petitions for the necessary permits had been steadfastly refused and they don’t understand why.

      Josh Malley was not anyone’s expert on cloud computing but he wasn’t completely ignorant of the basics and was aware that it was a keystone in a major new trend in the world of computing and data management. He knew that the ‘cloud’ referred to massive centers of electronic data storage and manipulation that allowed people to keep and retrieve their work in these centers instead of on their own desktop or laptop computers and to retrieve it from anywhere with anything that connected with the Internet be it an iPad or even a phone. Any dumb terminal would do. The inexorable move to unlimited mobility, economics of scale and the analytic services the cloud centers offered are irresistible forces making cloud computing the ‘next big thing’. Billions, if not trillions, of dollars are in play.

      So far, so good, but why had they called him and who were these other people around the conference table at the Lustron Systems headquarters in Redwood City, a tech center on the San Francisco Bay? Josh awaited the punch line.

      The presenter continued. ‘We suspect foul play.’

      This was news to Josh but seemed not to be, he noted, to the others at the table. He had been introduced briefly to each just before the meeting and the briefing folder he had been provided contained a list of the men and their titles. He slipped the list out and gave it more attention than had been possible previously. Of the eight at the table, all were Lustron company men except two besides him; one, Mandrake O’Conner, a member of the law firm of Bolt, Randall and one, Willis Knox, from the US Department of Commerce. Josh was listed simply as ‘Special Consultant’.

      The rest of the information in the folder seemed to be about Lustron – an annual report was a prime exhibit – or about Iceland. Josh felt he needed much more background on Iceland, a place he knew of only vaguely.

      The presenter’s PowerPoint went into specificity about the project they had planned. The essence was that Lustron had invested in extensive research as to where and how they would establish a cloud computing center. It would be a heavily fortified concrete box capable of withstanding any anticipated earthquakes on Iceland’s volcanic land with its explosive geothermal resources and elaborate network of cold, rushing rivers. Cloud centers need lots of electricity and lots of cooling. Iceland provided both. Once established, a cloud center requires few people to operate. It just mints money and pays taxes. And, Iceland’s location half way between North America and Europe was a natural marketing feature for both continents.

      When the presentation concluded, there were a few moments for absorption then the meeting leader kicked off discussion by saying, ‘We have substantial brainpower around this table and, if that’s not enough, more can be enlisted. We have been rebuffed in our request to invest piles of money into Iceland and to generate a flow of tax revenue for them. We don’t know why and now

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