You just explained a bigly number of cranks I see ‘round here.
Ok, I broke the rules and reach the chapters.
The story is intriguing. But it takes a long time to get me hooked. That could be me. It could be the story.
I liked how Nancy Hogan’s loyalty melts quickly and she goes off script. I expected her to get executed on her way to Starbucks and the USB drive fall into the hands of Evil-Doers.
Finally, per protocol and Shatner, “sabotage” is spelled and pronounced “ sabatage.”
SABATAJ! lol
Maybe it took you a bit to get hooked, but hopefully you got hooked. I had a much stronger hook in the first write, but it really made zero sense to the rest of the story arc.
I think I have an idea: Tape a piece of crack to each copy. Hook the reader RIGHT in. 😁
And this is only the political-thriller part. Wait until you get to the aliens and their tech.
There is a mike-drop moment or two. 😊