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The assignment for this coming Friday, May 29, is to read Chapters 36-47. In this section, we start to get to some revelations about what is really going on with Garrett's plan, as well as a few more twists and turns, and we meet a character important to Locke. After you've read this section, you might want to check out the links below.
What are your thoughts about Garrett's plan? I've had a few editors say they thought the villain's plot was too unbelievable. As my response to that, I have to say they've never heard of this group: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/two-members-of-russian-doomsday-sect-die-in-cave_10036093.html
Here's more about the MOP, developed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which is obviously a real entity: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mopping-up-the-usas-30000-pound-bomb-03172/
And for those who want to know about prions and their deadly effect: http://www.mad-cow.org/~tom/prionSP.html
Here's a nice overhead map of Orcas Island: http://www.nwplaces.com/orcas.html If you look closely on the main map, you can see Massacre Bay (great name, especially for a thriller story) at the north end of West Sound. I thought about putting Garrett's lair on Skull Island (a real island in Massacre Bay), but I thought that was getting a little too close to Dr. Evil territory.
What are your thoughts about Garrett's plan? I've had a few editors say they thought the villain's plot was too unbelievable. As my response to that, I have to say they've never heard of this group: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/two-members-of-russian-doomsday-sect-die-in-cave_10036093.html
Here's more about the MOP, developed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which is obviously a real entity: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mopping-up-the-usas-30000-pound-bomb-03172/
And for those who want to know about prions and their deadly effect: http://www.mad-cow.org/~tom/prionSP.html
Here's a nice overhead map of Orcas Island: http://www.nwplaces.com/orcas.html If you look closely on the main map, you can see Massacre Bay (great name, especially for a thriller story) at the north end of West Sound. I thought about putting Garrett's lair on Skull Island (a real island in Massacre Bay), but I thought that was getting a little too close to Dr. Evil territory.