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    Engineering Murder
    Engineering Murder
    Engineering Murder
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    Engineering Murder

    By T S Paul

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    Ensign Athena Lee has finally been rescued. The galaxy has changed over the last fifteen years. She finds herself arrested, her rights taken away, and tortured. Political corruption has taken over. Now someone is out to kill her. With assassins and bounty hunters at every corner what is an Engineer to do? Use the right tool for the right job and Fix it!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreat God Pan Publishing, Inc
    Release dateOct 23, 2018
    Engineering Murder
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    T S Paul

    I'm now into my second year as a published author. With over 25 works under my belt already my pace is relentless. Writing was never a goal of mine growing up. I really did fall into this accidentally. My wife and family knew of my love of books and urged me to try writing. It wasn't until an author i befriended gave me a short push off a long pier that i really gave it a go. And what a go that was! Athena Lee and Agatha Blackmore have given way to over 50 short stories. I write a lot. The future is in books and I'm in it for the long haul. Keep your eyes peeled for New and exciting things coming from me this year. I'm Excited, are you? This year i have expanded into the wonderful world of Cookbooks. I changed careers in the early 2000s switching from Retail management at Waldenbooks and going to Culinary School at L'Ecole Culinaire-Saint Louis in Missouri. Graduating near the very top of my class i moved on to work at the Renaissance Grand Hotel for my internship and later Masterpiece BBQ in Chesterfield, Mo as kitchen Manager. My co-writer and partner in crime for the current Tie-in cookbooks is Taki Drake. She is both an fiction writer and recipe hoarder like myself. Expect to see much more from her in the near future as she will be writing inside my Federal Witch Universe. Recently I allied myself with Phoenix Prime. Late in 2016 a group of authors entered into the Phoenix Prime writers course sponsored initially by the 20books to 50k Facebook group, of which i am a original member. I was involved with the group from it's inception and its sole admin moderator for half a year. Writer, Psychologist, and Computer security specialist extraordinaire Kat Lind chose to teach the class. Several other Authors were asked to mentor and teach special classes. I was honored to be asked to do some of that. The Group is made up of over 30 authors across all Genres. Many are just starting their publishing careers and i expect greatness from them. Keep your eyes peeled for New and exciting things coming from me this year. I'm Excited, are you? Check in at my Website for more information and Free stuff https://tspaul.blogspot.com/ For Coffee Mugs, T-Shirts, Tote Bags, and a whole lot More http://phoenixprimerising.com Born a Witch Drafted by the FBI! Conjuring Quantico Magical Probi Special Agent in Charge Witness Enchantment Night of the Unicorn Invisible Elder - TBD Blood on the Moon - TBD Child of Darkness -TBD A Draft of Dragons -TBD Cat’s Night Out, Tails from the Federal Witch Audio Coming Soon Darkness Revealed Standard of Honor Series Shade of Honor Coven Codex -TBD A confluence of Covens -TBD Conflict of Commitments -TBD Standard of Honor -TBD Cookbooks From the Federal Witch Universe Marcella’s Garden Cookbook Fergus Favorites Cookbook Marcella's Summer Bounty Cookbook - Coming Soon Marcella's Autumn Harvest Cookbook Athena Lee Chronicles The Forgotten Engineer Engineering Murder Ghost ships of Terra Revolutionary Insurrection Imperial Subversion The Martian Inheritance Infiltration Prelude to War War to the Knife Ghosts of Noodlemass Past Athena Lee Universe Shades of Learning Space Cadets - Coming Soon Short Story Collections Wilson’s War A Colony of CATTs Box Sets Chronicles of Athena Lee - Books 1-3 Chronicles of Athena Lee - Books 4-6 Chronicles of Athena Lee - Books 7-9 plus the prequel The Federal Witch: The Collected Works, Book 1 The Federal Witch: The Collected Works, Book 2 Standalone or tie-ins The Tide: The Multiverse Wave The Lost Pilot Uncommon Life Kutherian Gambit Alpha Class. The Etheric Academy book 1 Alpha Class The Etheric Academy Book 2 Anthology's Phoenix Galactic The Expanding Universe Book 2 Cupid’s Bow Mysterious Hearts Haunted Hearts Non-Fiction Get that Sh@t off your Cover!

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      Book preview

      Engineering Murder - T S Paul

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Author - T.S. Paul

      Legal Stuff

      Copyright © T.S. Paul, All Rights Reserved.

      Reproduction of any kind is strictly prohibited unless written permission granted by the editor of the anthology and the individual author.

      Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      Cover designed by Heather Hamilton-Senter

      Re-Editing by Diane Velasquez, Dorene Johnson, and Kat Lind

      Dedications

      Special thanks to my wife Heather who keeps me grounded and to Merlin the Cat, we are his minions.

      Chapter 1

      I’ve changed my mind about boredom. Being trapped in a small, very small, officer’s quarters is way more boring than being stuck alone for 15 years. Or at least it seems that way to me!

      At least I had been rescued. Although, technically, I was still at war with these folks. I sort of did attack them and cause a ship to explode killing the crew. Because of all that, I was being treated as an enemy combatant. It is better than prison though.

      So much for my first tour of duty. Here’s what happened.

      During my first deployment, we were attacked, the fleet destroyed, I survived. While trying to survive, I built defenses and a small space station. A survey patrol encountered my station fifteen years later.

      I did not believe who they were, and a ship was destroyed with all hands lost. The great war I had fought in has been over for a long time.

      Nobody had told me that!

      I sort of surrendered. Now I was on my way to stand trial or something.

      It should be an interesting experience in a twisted sort of way. At least there are snacks.

      Still, the boredom.

      Officially, they won’t let me have any books. That whole enemy thing. I have two escort guards outside, but other than the observation deck and the mess hall, I don’t get to go anywhere including the engineering library.

      Unofficially, I have my own ace in the hole. I was allowed to keep my personal tablet. I already have reams of books and technical manuals. Hidden inside my link, in my head, is a being who has become my own personal AI, Wilson.

      Wilson is an Artificial intelligence created by the former Pan-Pacific League. He was the prototype for the AI’s that most navies use today. His creator modeled his personality on a 20th-century vid star named Hank or hankie something or other. He latched on to me after the big battle that got me lost for fifteen years. He’s kind of goofy in a good sort of way.

      I let the Admiral and her staff believe that I left Wilson back on the Firefly station. Instead, he uploaded a cloned version of himself in his place, a dumb one according to him. Wilson told me that he needed to be there to ‘drive me around’ or something. Not sure what he means. He is officially a stowaway.

      I’m not a hacker, not even a little. I am about the farthest you can get from a computer programmer and still be able to use a computer. Wilson likes to help me out all the time. He cracked the ship’s systems to get me some updated books and tech manuals to read.

      I am still trying to understand the motives of these people that have ‘captured’ me. They tell me that my old Navy, the PPL, joined with its mortal enemy the AA and formed an Empire. I don’t understand that at all. I’m still trying to wrap my brain around how the war ended. Wilson has been getting me news reports and such, but it’s all out-of-context, so I don’t actually understand it. I just need to just see things for myself. Kind of hard when you’re a prisoner and locked up.

      The tech manuals have shown me there are lots of new and improved technology. I can’t wait to get my hands on it! Some of the new ship designs, like the one I’m on right now, just make my hands itch. It’s an engineer thing. Unfortunately, I’m not allowed in the engineering department to check things out to my satisfaction. It’s that whole ‘enemy combatant’ thing again. They can come and see me though. Apparently, like a vid-star, I now have fans.

      I really didn’t do anything, that any good engineer would not have been able to do given the time and materials.

      Spending my days in confinement is starting to get old. There is a daily bright light though. Finally, a chance to get out of here for a walk.

      It’s lunch time in the mess hall, and my escorts are here. Wilson likes to call them Turner and Hooch. He says it’s because Hooch looks like a pit bull. I have no idea what their real names are. To me, a guard is a guard.

      For some reason, I am always brought into the mess hall through the main entrance. I never get to go around the back through the more exciting areas. Did they think the PPL didn’t have kitchens? The one here must be Top Secret considering how much trouble they go through to keep me out of it. The cooks and wait staff are not on my list of approved contacts so I cannot order anything. My escorts always have to order for me.

      I ate my soy burger in peace as my escorts guarded my table. T&H never eat, and they never seem to talk. I’m starting to think they might be robots. Wilson, who loves robots, says no.

      Following our normal routine, we walk to the observation deck. I was allowed to gaze at the stars

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