[Assassin Bug 02] • The Exterminators

[Assassin Bug 02] • The Exterminators
Authors
Fitzhugh, Bill
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Tags
humour , mystery , science fiction , thriller , adventure
ISBN
9781590585405
Date
2011-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.54 MB
Lang
en
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All Bob Dillon ever wanted was a truck with a big fiberglass bug on the  roof.  All he had to do was survive a half dozen assassination attempts,  pull a ten million dollar con on a Bolivian drug lord, and then fall off the  face of the earth with his family and his new best friend, Klaus.  Six years  later, in The Exterminators, they surface in Oregon where they continue Bob's  work creating an all-natural means of pest control.  But now, instead of  cross-breeding different strains of assassin bugs, they're using advanced  gene sequencers to consolidate the perfect insect-killing-traits into one  deadly bug.  Only one problem: all this serious DNA tampering is expensive  and they're running low on funds.  The venture capital outfit that wants to  invest turns out to be a front for DARPA (the Department of Defense agency  charged with RD for exotic weapons).  It seems the U.S. Government wants to  enlist Bob, Klaus, and the bugs in the War on Terror.  Oh, and did we  mention unlimited funding?  An offer too good to refuse, they move to Los  Angeles and get to work.  Things go swimmingly until that Bolivian drug lord  discovers he was conned out of his ten million.  Vowing revenge, he offers  twenty million to whoever kills Bob and Klaus.  Some of the world's best  assassins descend on Hollywood and, before you can say "It's an honor just  to be nominated," the weirdness level reaches Apocalyptic levels.  It's a  battle pitting the far right against the far left with Bob stuck in the  middle and subjected to some serious post-9/11 thinking.