Klaus Schwamborn: Dreamland

“If Müller’s mother hadn’t kept a sperm sample…” Yvonne left the rest unsaid.

“I wonder why she did that,” Sven said in thought. “It goes to show that interbreeding is not a very good idea.”

“Oh, did you hear?” Yvonne said, changing the subject. “CNN fired Kendra Kentrel. Apparently, she was giving the media giant a bad reputation with her ‘Oscar Nominee’ smiles, covering disastrous or horrific stories. It was deemed as inappropriate conduct.”

After dinner, they took the girls to a nearby park, so that they could work off some of their excess sugar.

At the end of a perfect evening, they walked into Sven’s spacious and airy apartment, where Yvonne and her girls would be staying, as they normally did, for the weekends.

Kayla looked at the twins, her new very best friends, and then up at Sven. “Daddy,” she said. “Are Arianna and Aurora going to be my sisters?”

Sven’s heart and soul had always been with Elena, yet now, he understood with certainty that the time had come to let go. Looking down at Kayla, he knew that he would always have a part of Elena with him. He beamed at her, and then shared a very intimate smile with Yvonne.

Trish LaForgue, Director of the Office of Security, looked at all the supportive evidence in front of her. Should she let things ride as they are, or approach Sven Labrowski?

Dear Sven, SkyTech’s whizz-kid who had changed her life forever. She brushed the back of her fingers along the side of her face, and then looked at her smooth, unblemished arms and hands.

The OS would have a formidable asset on their hands if they could get Sven, aka Trinity, on their payroll, she mused.

EMILY HURST

Programmer and Graphics Designer◦– Info Tech

JAMES WORTHINGTON CLARK (JW)

Owner and CEO◦– SkyTech Aeronautics & Communications

NATHAN MCINTOSH (NATE)

Manager◦– Info Tech

OBADIAH BROWN

Head of Security◦– SkyTech Tower

SVEN LABROWSKI (TRINITY)

Software Engineer and Expert Hacker◦– Info Tech

ANGELO CEVALLOS

Mobster◦– Las Vegas

CÉSAR KUBACKI

Theoretical Scientist

FRANK HARRIS

Detective◦– Baltimore

JOSEPH MÜLLER

Director, National Security Agency (The Controller)

KOVAK

C-130 Flight Attendant / Chief Test Pilot◦– Groom Lake

LESTER GIBB

Ex-Special Forces Security Guard◦– SkyTech Tower

MIGUEL GONZALES

Trucker running Mexicans illegally into the US

MONICA

James Clark’s Executive Assistant

SEAN O’BRIEN

Ex-Special Forces Senior Security Guard◦– SkyTech Tower

TRISH LAFORGUE

Director, Office of Security◦– Internal Affairs

URANIUS LOVINESCU (URI)

Romanian Physicist◦– Groom Lake

YVONNE BAIRD

Deputy Director◦– NSA

ABDALLAH BIN AL-SAID

United Arab Emirates Oil Minister◦– Head of OPEC

AMY

Antoine’s Wife

ANGELA ROTHMAN

Captain◦– Flight TC761 to Las Vegas

ANTOINE

James Clark’s Butler

BILLY-RAY HUTCHENS

Local Boy◦– Moapa Valley, Nevada

BONITA

Miguel Gonzales’s Girlfriend

CAROLYN STRATTON

Attendant◦– Flight TC761 to Las Vegas

ETHAN BERENSON

Code-Breaker◦– NSA

EUGENE JOHNSON (GENE)

Level-2 Technician◦– Groom Lake.

EVERETT FAMILY (Christa, Brian & Lauri)

Passengers aboard flight TC761 to Las Vegas

FLOYD

Local Boy◦– Moapa Valley, Nevada

GUIDO

Müller’s Thug◦– New York

JOHN LAFORGUE

Trish LaForgue’s Husband / Test Pilot◦– Groom Lake

JORDAN WILLIAMS

Senior Attendant◦– Flight TC761 to Las Vegas

KENDRA KENTREL

Anchor◦– CNN

LIAM

Maintenance Technician◦– McCarran Airport

MANUEL

Gardener working for the Müller’s

MATEO RODRIGUEZ

Co-Pilot◦– Flight TC761 to Las Vegas

MCBRIDE

Driver◦– Office of Security

MICHAELS

Security Guard◦– SkyTech Tower

PHIL ROBERTS

Systems Administrator◦– Info Tech

REBECCA STARLIGHT

Part Time Actress

SANDRA

Techie and Code Breaker◦– NSA

TAVI

Hooker◦– Baltimore

Klaus Schwamborn was born in Cologne, Germany, and has worked as a software engineer on many continents. He now lives with his wife, two children, and their grandchildren in Toronto.

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