Review: ocean of fear
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
Baxter (Bax) Cruise a student at UC Santa Cruz was lounging at Whitney’s coffee bar waiting for Professor Sydney (Syd) Mantis. He wanted Bax to take an important flash drive to Professor Alessandra Bisch Ph.D. (The Bisch). Natalie was Bax’s G/F & lived with him. She later gets a place of her own, Pete is her B/F. Konos is Bax’s robot.When Bax arrived he found Professor Ph.D. Alessandra Bisch (The Bisch) dead. She was married once to Luis Berbera (a.k.a. Marco Bisch, Colombian crime family), Ruben Galda’s rival. The flash drive contained the information on the test results (project) she was working on. The Department of Defense also funded several DARPA projects at the university. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department soon arrived. Lieutenant Truett interviews Baxter. He didn’t exactly tell him the truth “…robotics competition.”Ruben Galda (aka Jim) was out jogging & on/in his possession was a Ruger Mark III with a Gemtech suppressor. He had also retrieved all the listening devices from her office. He was waiting a call from his boss Elias Malvidas. Professor Sydney (Syd) Mantis needed to be found. His brother was Lamar.Special Agent Claudia Seagal (FBI) had heard about the Galda case. Her B/F Ravi had been brutally murdered in Mazatlan. President Hugo Chavez oversaw the drug cartel operations in Maracaibo, Venezuela. El Capitain’ Ruben Galda was part of the crime family who specialized in human trafficking, drugs, murder for hire & kidnapping foreigners for ransom just to name a few. The FBI had also been concerned about the ongoing feud with their rival the Ramon Berbera syndicate of Maicao, Colombia. Ruben Galda is wanted for ? in the murder of Martin Berbera. Luis Berbera is also a family member.Ruben Galda next stop was Professor Sydney (Syd) Mantis house. He also put cameras in the house. Professor Syd liked to dabble in hallucinogenics. Bax had showed up to feed the dog Trudy.Corey had purchased a prepaid cell from Vicky Tanaka (Safeway). Special Agent Claudia Seagal (FBI) wanted to know why, & look at the film from the store cameras. Lieutenant John Truett gave her a copy of the preliminary police report. Dr. Frederick Patton was doing the autopsy. Professor Ph.D. Alessandra Bisch (The Bisch) had made the call to report Ruben Galda was in Santa Cruz. What is the Lebanese leader Ziyad Bezzedin wanting to buy?Who really killed Professor Alessandra Bisch Ph.D. (The Bisch)? What is the code on the note about that Poppy Fields gave Baxter Cruise? What is on the flash drive everyone is looking for? Will this mind bobbling case get solved? Will Ruben Galda finally get brought to justice? What happened to Professor Sydney (Syd) Mantis Ph.D.? Will all the UC Santa Cruz students finish their dissertations & get their Ph.D.’s. Will Special Agent Claudia Seagal (FBI) find a new love in her life? Who are the real criminal’s in this crime caper?Cool book cover. What I loved about this book, is most everyone had nicknames like in my world I give those close to me nicknames. A great crime caper, suspense, mystery filled book. Even Konos the robot (Kalman filters). Middle eastern historical politics too. Easy to read/follow. Never a dull moment. No grammar errors, or out of sequence sentences. Quite the unique set of characters. I think there were a lot of chapters that could be eliminated, I call them fillers (condensed). Could be a movie. Still, I will gladly give the book 5 stars.Thank you for the free bookTony Parsons MSW