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rank 5470
word count 38152
date submitted 19.10.2009
date updated 19.10.2009
genres: Fiction, Thriller, Crime
classification: universal
incomplete

Unscrewed

Brian Daunter

An American army base Germany1977. The Ulrike Meinhof Brigade (UMB) steals six neutron artillery shells (W79’s), for the KGB.

 

In 1995 the W79’s are stolen by the KGB Company Nordex. Nordex sells the W79’s to a Nazi-cartel in Rio Brazil. The W79’s arrive on the same Nordex ship as the consignment, organized by the ex director of MI5, NC. NC’s team is on board an exchange yacht in Marina da Gloira in Rio Brazil. The team is made up of professionals and a university lecturer BK, a deregistered dentist Dent and a gay ex-priest, ex-prisoner Vic. The CIA, MI5 and ASIO use NC’s team to recover the W79’s before they are handed on to the end user by the Nazi-cartel. This involves BK receiving fake W79’s by parachute at the mouth of the Amazon River, and accidentally also receives Vic. BK’s cover for this is a biologist. Through chance events and parasitic catfish the W79’s destroy drug trafficking and the intelligence agents. BK, Dent and Vic are debriefed and treated for trauma-induced psychosis at an ASIO medical centre. Then the CIA, KGB, ASIO and MI5 involve them in a plan to eliminate Nordex.

 
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JD Revene wrote 646 days ago

Brian,

Quick comment on the pitch, I see you reference ASIO--thanks for remembering us Aussies--but here it's more likely to be ASIS as they are the foreign intelligence service, ASIO's role is domestic (actually, for similar reasons it's more likely to be MI6 than MI5). Anyway, into the work proper.

Okay, this opens dramatically and things keep moving: great drama.

There's the odd typo here and there:

--'through' for 'threw' when Burns gets in his car;

--'ferry' pistol for 'verry' pistol.

But it's break neck, page turning fun all the way.

So, backed.

SusieGulick wrote 727 days ago

#9 backed :)

Phil Rowan wrote 939 days ago

Brian - you are an absolute winner and Unscrewed is brilliant. I'm delighted to back on the basis of what I've read so far, with more later. You have great talent in this genre, but might I suggest that you put your books up one at a time, and concentrate on getting one particular story to the top. You could always have extracts from the others on a profile website - this is what I've done and it's worked quite well. Very best wishes - Phil Rowan (Weimar Vibes)

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