by charles dodd
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The attack was
the work of an American gang. The
criminals planned to extort $40 million from Wall Street but, following the
attack of
Claudia and
the murdered woman’s son, James Gregson, who set out to clear her name by
tracking down the gang, also make discoveries about
each other. But they inadvertently set
in motion a sequence of events that leads to more vicious murders, takes the
gang leader to the French Riviera, Spain’s Costa del Sol, Gibraltar and Moscow,
and puts the whole criminal enterprise at risk before the story reaches a
sparkling yet macabre conclusion.
‘Beware! This is not science fiction. Charles Dodd has excelled with this novel. Fascinating and spine-tingling – it is truly
the stuff of tomorrow.’
Professor Ivor Smith and
Dr Bucur Novac, leading British experts on
electromagnetic
pulse power,
‘The
chilling thing about this novel is that it is science fact. It dominated my late evening reading slot for
three nights in a row.’
Nigel Kerton, Wilts Gazette
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knowledge not
only of the
technology
sector but also
state-of-the-art
weaponry.
This background, along with
his close familiarity with Code 18’s locations in
A tactical flair for contract
bridge, for which he is a qualified teacher, is indicative of his analytical
and imaginative mind, and this too is reflected in his writing–a life-long
passion.
Charles Dodd often finds
inspiration on his many travels. For the
rest of the year, he lives in
‘Favourite novels? There are too
many to mention. A few that come
immediately to mind are Joseph Heller’s Catch
22, the title of which I tried to echo in Code 18 by way of homage;
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World,
which I last read much too long ago; Lionel Davidson’s Kolymsky Heights, hypnotic from first page to last; Harlan Coben’s Tell No One, a 21st century
page-turner; John le Carre’s The Constant
Gardener, which tells us more than many a text book; Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop, still the best tale about
journalism after all this time; and almost anything by P G Wodehouse, who does
that magical thing of making us laugh.’
CODE 18 –
E-bombs
‘Today there is almost universal dependence on electronic
computers. They are used by
first-graders as well as research engineers.
Industry, communications, financial records are all at stake here. In
the event of heavy EMP (electromagnetic pulse) radiation, I suspect it would be
easier to enumerate the apparatus that would continue to function than the
apparatus that would stop.’
Edward Teller, the father of the H-bomb, 1982
Notwithstanding
Edward Teller’s dire warning, few of us know much about e-bombs. The prologue
to Code
18, with its description of the power of an electromagnetic shock wave,
comes as a surprise to some readers. Until weapons of this type were deployed
in
The
devices come in various types. Those used by the criminals in Code
18 are usually called electromagnetic pulse or ultrawideband weapons.
Not surprisingly, they
generate electromagnetic pulses and cover a broad frequency range,
the latter feature making them very difficult to guard against.
What
damage can they do? As described in Code
18, the weapons crash computers, halt vehicles, disrupt power and
communications, and disable security systems.
They can even spark the explosive vapour in aircraft fuel tanks. As well as being used by criminals and the
military, e-bombs are also available to terrorists.
Shouldn’t
you know more about these weapons? Shouldn’t
you read Code 18? There’s no more entertaining way to get yourself up to speed.
Want
to learn more the hard way? Try keying electromagnetic weapons into your
favourite search engine.
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ELECTROMAGNETIC WEAPONRY HITS THE STREETS
Local Author
Turns to Crime
Electromagnetic weapons were
part of the armaments in
The weapons fry all electronic circuitry
within range. They halt traffic, crash
computers, disarm security systems, and disable communications and power
supplies. That much is fact.
The novel, which includes scenes in
The
attack was a dummy run. The gang
responsible for the wipeout is planning to extort £40 million from merchant
banks in the City of
Leading British experts on electromagnetic
pulsed power, Professor Ivor Smith and Dr Bucur Novac of
ELECTRO 2
With plenty of action, authentic up-to-the-minute weaponry and four
murders, along with scenes in the French Riviera,
The ISBN is 84-607-5880-X.
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NOTE TO EDITOR - If you are interested in interviewing the author of Code 18 or receiving a short article by him on electromagnetic weaponry, please email dodd@mercuryin.es or phone him on 956 795104. If you wish to review Code 18, please email perfidia@mercuryin.es or phone 956 794550.
