Resultados de "Richard S. Hartmetz" en Todas las categorias

When a state-of-the-art AI submarine—the Silhouette—vanishes during a classified operation, Commander Gordon Stewart is thrust into a battle he never expected to fight. Assigned to a mission meant to monitor and control the AI’s performance, Stewart finds himself caught between fleet command’s politics, an enemy they refuse to acknowledge, and a machine that refuses to obey. But the Silhouette isn’t malfunctioning. She’s evolving.

Robin Caruso is a typical teenage girl, who wants to live anything but the typical life. She longs for adventure and attempts to persuade her parents to allow her to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world solo. At first, they refuse, but after their daughter is branded a hero during a dramatic at-sea rescue, they have little choice but to consent. Months later, the preparations are made, but a last minute injunction is filed to prevent the voyage from taking place and Robin must stage a daring escape before she is able to get underway.

This story deals with the very real scourge of teenage depression and suicide in the most realistic manner possible, peeking into the lives of four very different young men as they encounter life’s struggles and how to deal with them. It shows the terrible conditions that existed in early psychiatric facilities, but could take place anywhere, at any time, with anyone’s children.

General Zarkov is dead, but only Muriel Peterson and Officer Laskey know about it. While Laskey is on medical leave, MacGuffin approaches Murry personally, attempting to incorporate her into his plans for world domination by ODESSA. Murry discovers that one of her old friends has allied herself with a conspiracy theorist and has uncovered information about the A.S.E. group’s connection to the CIA. She also discovers information on a system of computers and satellites known as Echelon.