num_pages: 330
description: Key Westsouthernmost point in the United States Mile Zero on Highway 1; and as far as you can run away from your past troubles without swimming to Cuba. Key Westoriginally Cayo Huesos or Isle of Bones for centuries a refuge for pirates wreckers writers scoundrels drunks and tourists. Now home to a Crew of techno geek con artists who've turned it into their own private hunting ground. Paul and Chloe have the run of the sun-drenched island free to play and scam far from the enemies they left behind in Silicon Valley. But that doesn't mean they can't bring a little high tech know how to the paradise. They and their new Crew have covered the island with their own private Big Brother style networkhidden cameras RFID sensors and a web of informers that tip them off about every crime committed and tourist trapped on the island. But will all the gadgets and games be enough when not one but three rival crews of con artists come to hold a top-secret gang summit? And when one of them is murdered who will solve the crime? Inspired by author Rick Dakan's own eventful experiences in the video game and comic book industries the Geek Mafia series satisfies the hunger in all of us to buck the system take revenge on corporate America and live a life of excitement and adventure.
language: English
title: Geek Mafia: Mile Zero
publisher: PM Press