Topher Lydon

***Book 3 of El Coyote*** A thief, his boyfriend, a genius, and a logistics prodigy are bored on their luxury yacht. Their kingpin handler gives them a new heist: infiltrate a rival's island fortress to steal a revolutionary clean energy core and liberate it for humanity. To succeed, they must outsmart a ruthless CEO and her creepily devoted, possessive AI. It's a high-stakes, sun-drenched mission where the ultimate prize isn't wealth, but the future itself.

yes, Water Wolf will go live on Monday I do have to finish the Third Order book, and there is the third Watchers book as well. So I have a busy plate. These are more... popcorn books, stuff designed to let me experiment and get better at action writing. Building on my skills as a writer. the next book of this series is VERY much Kenny and Steve's hero moments. Our little Chaos monkey, and order guardian are set to save the world.

I just finished Coyote vs the Water Wolf, coming in at 20 chapters. rather tired, but starting to plan Coyote Steals the Sun. I am enjoying naming these after the old Native American Coyote Myths. Last one will be Coyote Holds the Wind.

Chapter 19: Exit Strategy The sudden, chaotic silence following the drone’s final, shattering broadcast was the definitive marker of a changed reality. It was the sound of a countdown clock zeroing out, signaling the end of tactical planning and the start of raw, primal action. Alex, sprinting from the safe room, felt the icy grip of panic—the fear of a police trap, the terror of Brian's capture—loosen its hold, replaced by the white-hot, singular focus of the hunter. Skinner had run, and t

Yes The Director General is the top of the totem pole. Andrew is the Deputy Director of Operations, second in charge if you will, or top lieutenant to the DG. Richardson is Assistant Deputy Director of Operations, Andrew's lieutenant, and third in the chain of command for Operations. It's a bit more convoluted than this in real life, but for the story purposes, yes the DG is Andrew's direct boss, a more political role than Andrew's more operations based one.

I rather liked the DG, I wanted someone different to Andrew, and I thought well, what kind of roles do we have. Originally i was going to have West do the interrogation, and when I wrote it... it just didn't work. And I figured, who... then I remembered a scene from an old movie where an interrogator peeled and apple while talking to the target and I thought, how can I make that more my own. And then it hit me, what was the DG before he was the DG, and it all came together from there.

yes, 1000% yes!

Hey, had to give him a bit of a fun name that best sums up his character

But then how would you force their hand? The DG is dangling bait.

Chapter Seven WORLD END: T-minus 135 days, 18 hours, and 6 minutes CSIS Headquarters, Ogilvie Road, Ottawa. - Secure Holding and Interrogation Suite. The viewing room was a sterile box of cinder block and laminated glass. Andrew Carter stood rigid behind the reinforced panel, hands clasped behind his back, his expression a smooth, implacable granite. The scent of disinfectant and ozone was heavy in the air, a poor substitute for moral clarity. Through the gla

OSI bought time, but let's not forget, it is Brian we're talking about, and he's nobodies bitch!

There is a major fight coming, yes. This one, far more Kinetic than the last. The next chapter should help set the pieces. I have combined two chapters into one so there is a lot in it. So make sure you have a cup of tea for it.

I kind of wanted to do it literally, give a proper weight to a trope with a slight twist of making it actually a ghost in the machine.

two more chapters. Then Coyote vs the Water Wolf (Which is nearly done I am working on chapter 18 right now)

My logic being, what is the most Canadian way to begin healing, and then I remembered the rink Mat built.

OSI to the rescue

Chapter 18: The Protocol of Sacrifice The world was data, and OSI-R15 was its scribe. It hovered over the construction site in downtown Ottawa, a silent obsidian insect against the bruised purple of the night sky. Its mission was clarity. Protocol 7.4.B: Stealth Priority. The scene below was a tapestry of violence, rendered in clean, clinical metrics. > INPUT: Combat initiated. > Primary Contact: Brian Higgins. Status: Aggressive. Proficiency: Low. Physiological Stress:

This book was the first book I ever wrote, it is a MESS, so thank you for your kind words. I keep wanting to go back and rewrite it, it's become a bit of an addiction. You know... when you're staring at a painting you made twenty years ago, in finger paints, and you REALLY want to redo it and hide the old one in shame

Phew, thank you GA! Unknown to me there were two chapter sevens. This one, and the one on my machine. So I was very confused when reading the next chapter (eight) and it was referrring to events missing in this chapter. A close examination showed that on my local machine, this chapter had been overwritten. And my numbering of chapters was off after this point. Thanks to GA I had a back up of this chapter, and was able to spot the mistake, which I am correcting, I have to upload a bunch of additional work and get the following chapters back in line. A work this length, and complex can get... confusing, especially when I am working on so many other projects at the same time. GA providing an off-site back up of work is... a life saver. I will get the next chapter reuploaded and set to ensure things flow properly.

I know that bus station well, and I have never seen a security guard there. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm might explain a lot of things.

Chapter Seven WORLD END: T-minus 136 days, 0 hours, and 0 minutes St. Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa. Sunday, October 27, 2019, 11:00 a.m. The capital was silent, muffled by the relentless, heavy snowfall of late October. It was a snow of national mourning. All flags across the city were flying at half-mast, their canvas weighted by the falling flakes. The air was frigid, thick with the scent of frozen spruce and burning fuel from the thousands of candles lit in the Basilica.