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    BombDown: science fiction romance, #2
    BombDown: science fiction romance, #2
    BombDown: science fiction romance, #2
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    BombDown: science fiction romance, #2

    By John Blandly

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    Staying at a hotel out of town to attend a wedding, Monroe is asked by two kids to run after their mother, who may be a spy. At a nearby submarine base, Donna is asked to speak to a scientist about a plan to shoot down an asteroid. Still in grad school, her new job doesn't offer much in the way of good looking guys, but what about Geoffrey? He's new. But there's little time to study this. North Korean and South Korean subs are firing nuclear warheads at the asteroid. The North Koreans will be darned if the South shoots it down before them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAvantLifeGuard Books
    Release dateMay 17, 2018
    ISBN9781386831181
    BombDown: science fiction romance, #2
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    John Blandly

    John Blandly is an artist, actor, songwriter and filmmaker from upstate New York.

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      Romance fiction with space age futurist asteroid shootout espionage plot line. Rom com. Fun. Recommended.

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    BombDown - John Blandly

    Table of Contents

    BombDown

    BombDown II

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    BombDown

    by John Blandly

    Copyright © MMXXIII by J. J. Brearton

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    Chapter 1

    After breakfast, Bob Monroe had a few hours to kill, so he stepped inside the Mystical Hotel's business center. Someone was using the computer. He turned to go, but then saw that there were a number of old books lining a bookshelf. He picked up a copy of The Perfect Storm and sat down in a large overstuffed chair. He figured he could wait until the computer was available.

    As he flipped through the pages, he started to feel better. He'd had a couple of Alkie Seltzer's (that's what he called them), and was a bit surprised that he was not more hung over from the wedding the night before. His old college roommate, Barnie Brinkman, had gotten married for the third time. It was good to see some of his old friends again, but now, the next morning, they'd all left.

    Kind of like his wife, who'd abandoned him for the man who had arrived to paint their front door.

    So, Monroe was sipping a bit of coffee out of a Styrofoam cup, and turning the pages of the really interesting book he'd just picked up, when he heard a little girl say, Ask him. Go ahead.

    He looked up and saw a boy and a girl standing there, looking at him.

    The boy spoke up.

    Listen, Mister. You got to help us.

    What? What's wrong?

    The little girl grabbed his sleeve. No time for that. Come on. Will you help us or not?

    Monroe didn't know what to do. Should he take his coffee with him? The book?

    What's wrong? he said.

    Listen, we’re in a jam, the boy said. Do you have a car?

    Well, yeah. Sure.

    Come on then, the boy said. We need you—need you to be our dad.

    Your what?

    They pulled Monroe to the entrance doors, which automatically swept open, the cool wind blowing in. He clutched his copy of The Perfect Storm.

    Look! the girl exclaimed. There they go.

    Monroe saw a brown SUV leave the exit of the parking lot. What? There? Monroe said.

    Yeah, the girl said. Come on. Are you going to help us or not?

    Well, okay, Monroe said. Come on.

    He started running into the parking lot for his car, a Jeep Comanche. He quickly popped up the door

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