The Decrypter: Secret of the Lost Manuscript (Calla Cress Techno Thriller Series: Book 1) (63 page)
Authors: Rose Sandy
Tags: #The secret of the manuscript is only the beginning…The truth could cost her life.
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AUTHOR’S NOTE
TRUTH OR FICTION?
I hope you have enjoyed this journey across continents and cultures. Many of the settings discussed in
The Decrypter: Secret of the Lost Manuscript
are places close to my heart, where I have either lived or had the opportunity to visit.
Except for a couple of altered street names like St. Giles Square, each location in the novel is taken from the global map and I hope one day you’ll have an opportunity to visit some of them. In the meantime, I endeavor to draw plots from the smells, the sights and the beauty of these places and hope that some of them captured your interest.
Note from Technological & Scientific Record
I am extremely passionate about technology and scientific entrepreneurship and have had the opportunity to work in multinationals that explore the daring, the imaginative, the inventive and the creative. So, I thought I’d spend these last few minutes of your time exploring where fact ended and imagination took over.
In the story, Jack Kleve is our tech whiz and in many ways the type of individual you would find presenting at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, a nonprofit devoted to
Ideas Worth Spreading
. See:
http://www.ted.com/
) Much inspiration for this character came from the amazing talks that are shared here.
Slate Mendes, Mason’s hit man experiments significantly with ISTF technological developments. Many ideas grew from some of the army technologies being developed within armies and universities. For example, Slate used an exaggerated military cloaking concept similar to one explored by Army Technology, a component of Net Resources International. (See
http://www.army-technology.com/
)
Note from Paranormal Records
Calla Cress is gifted perhaps more than most, and physically capable of strengths beyond human capacity. While exploring this character, I questioned if some of her abilities were indeed fictional or had science and technology ventured a little further than I had thought. While developing her x-ray vision, I came across a report by the Discovery Channel on a girl with x-ray eyes. Fact or fiction, I leave that one up to you. (See here:
http://bit.ly/195M4Ly
Lastly, while researching black diamonds for the story, known as carbonados by some, I was intrigued by their “extraterrestrial” element as some researchers have explored, including NASA. Although their abilities are skewed in this book, are carbonados truly diamonds from outer space? This was all fuel for a fascinating paranormal element. Again, fact or fiction, I leave it up to you.
Note from Historical Record
Except for a couple of altered facts around the mysterious character Merovec, I endeavored to keep each historical record explored in this book as accurate as possible, from Alexander the Great, to the history of English Grammar and Priam’s Treasure. History continues to fascinate me and casting Calla Cress as museum curator, history will remain part of her adventurous world.
As a storyteller, I find it intriguing to dip into the mysteries of our world and hope that some of those explored in the novel have not only sparked your own imagination but your own curiosity.
See you on the next adventure.
Thank you!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rose Sandy never set out to be a writer. She set out to be a communicator with whatever landed in her hands. But soon the keyboard became her best friend. Rose writes suspense and intelligence thrillers where technology and espionage meet history in pulse-racing action adventure. She dips into the mysteries of our world, the fascination of technology breakthroughs, the secrets of history and global intelligence to deliver thrillers that weave suspense, conspiracy and a dash of romantic thrill.
A globe trotter, her thrillers span cities and continents. Rose’s writing approach is to hit hard with a good dose of tension and humor. Her characters zip in and out of intelligence and government agencies, dodge enemies in world heritage sites, navigate technology markets and always land in deep trouble.
When not tapping away on a smartphone writing app, Rose is usually found in the British Library scrutinizing the Magna Carta, trolling Churchill’s War Rooms or sampling a new gadget. Most times she’s in deep conversations with ex-military and secret service intelligence officers, Foreign Service staff or engrossed in a TED talk with a box of popcorn. Hm... she might just learn something that’ll be useful.
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