The Seraphim Sequence: The Fifth Column 2 (49 page)
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Authors: Nathan M Farrugia
A big thanks to my writing buddies Melissa Cranenburgh, Danika Hadgraft, Jess Howard, and Toni Jordan for reading my endless drafts in various states of disrepair. And a long overdue thank you to my close friends, Luke Galanti, Ben Lollback, Wayson Ly, Aaron Sansoni, Michael Mei and Michael Tran for always being there when I needed them most.
A notable thank you to the late Andrzej M Łobaczewski, who endangered his life and career to unravel the nature of psychopathology, and to Laura Knight-Jadczyk, Harrison Koehli and many others for continuing the research and sharing it at no cost to anyone but themselves.
Thank you to those who believed in me: to Xavier Waterkeyn, my literary agent and exceptional mentor for seeing potential in my debut novel and nurturing that potential. My publisher, Joel Naoum, for believing in me from the beginning and taking the chance. And my editor, Nicola O’Shea, for her patience and exceptional work.
And finally to Sam Linton-Smith and my mother, Loretta Farrugia, for encouraging me to pursue my passion from a young age.
Nathan Farrugia served in the Australian Army in infantry and reconnaissance, and studied film, television and professional writing. He worked as a post-production video editor, colorist and copywriter, where he earned the nickname Fagoogoo because no one could pronounce Farrugia.
Nathan lives in Melbourne, Australia. In his spare time he discovers hidden places around the world with urban explorers, practices lock picking and escaping from plasticuffs and straitjackets (you never know when that will come in handy, right?) and studies Systema, a little-known martial art and closely guarded secret of Russian special forces. Nathan has trained under USMC, SEAL team and Spetsnaz instructors, the Chiricahua Apache scouts and Australian Aboriginals. He also drinks tea.
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The Chimera Vector
Nathan M Farrugia
“Farrugia! Bringin’ the awesome from the first headshot to the last ’splosion.”
– John Birmingham, author of the Axis of Time and Disappearance trilogies
The international bestseller that started it all,
The Chimera Vector
is the prequel to
The Seraphim Sequence
.
The Fifth Column: the world’s most powerful and secretive organization. They run our militaries. They run our governments. They run our terrorist cells.
Recruited as a child, Sophia is a deniable operative for the Fifth Column. Like all operatives, Sophia’s DNA has been altered to augment her senses and her mind is splintered into programmed subsets.
On a routine mission in Iran something goes catastrophically wrong. Bugs are beginning to appear in Sophia’s programming and the mission spins out of control.
High-speed chases, gun fights, helicopter battles, immortal psychopaths, super soldiers and mutant abilities are all in the mix in this edge-of-your-seat action-packed techno-thriller.
Perfect for fans of Matthew Reilly,
The Chimera Vector
melds sci-fi with sizzling espionage action.
Find out more and purchase online at
http://www.momentumbooks.com.au/books/chimera-vector/
First published by Momentum in 2013
This edition published in 2013 by Momentum
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
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The Seraphim Sequence
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