About The Book
Title: Hostile Takeover
Author: K.S. Ferguson
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Rafe McTavish, security expert and new
CEO at interplanetary mega-corp EcoMech, and his undercover ally Kama
Bhatia, hacker and corporate spy, continue their pursuit of a ruthless
blackmailer in the sequel to Calculated Risk.
When Rafe’s arrival on EcoMech’s frontier
colony world ruins their adversary’s plan for supremacy, events take a
deadly turn. As tensions amongst the workers rise and unrest turns to
violence, Rafe and Kama must race to unmask a killer before Rafe and his
family fall victims to a murderous hostile takeover.
Author Bio
K S Ferguson has published three novels,
Calculated Risk, Hostile Takeover, and Touching Madness, and one
critically-acclaimed novella, Puncher’s Chance (co-written with James
Grayson,) which appeared in the June 2006 edition of Analog Science
Fiction and Fact, America’s longest-running science fiction magazine.
She enjoys writing suspense and murder mysteries in futuristic and
fantasy settings, and also writes fiction in the guise of technical
manuals for unfinished software—otherwise known as help documentation.
Links
K S Ferguson website: http://www.ksferguson.net
Hostile Takeover at Smashword link: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/455719
Hostile Takeover at Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LLP9LTY
Book Excerpt
“With four PhDs, I thought she’d be older.” Aaron Goldman, EcoMech’s founder and chairman frowned at his desk blotter.Rafe nearly spewed his mouthful of wine. Four PhDs? What the hell had Kama put on her resume? Granted, she was a genius, but four seemed impossible at her age.
And what were she and Gabe talking about upstairs? He’d thought Gabe wouldn’t remember her. The boy had seen her only once, and he’d been in shock then. He’d miscalculated. He hoped she could fix it. He needed her working undercover to help him find Leon’s blackmailer.
“I assure you, she’s the very best at what she does.” He’d never encountered a better computer hacker and corporate spy—or even one who came close—during his nine years in the security business.
“She’s dressed like a common contractor.”
Rafe spread his hands. “We do specify what contract staff wear.”
“Not household staff. Not in my household. I should get someone else.”
He could only imagine Kama’s response at being referred to as ‘household staff.’ More likely, the old man resented the complete lack of deference in her tone and body language. Kama bowed to no one.
“Gabe responded well to her. Maybe you should give her a chance before you decide?”
“There is that.”
Rafe would have a private conversation with Kama about her attitude toward Aaron. It wasn’t a discussion he looked forward to. Aaron represented everything Kama hated most about capitalism and corporations. Was she a good enough actress to be deferential? He couldn’t picture it.
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