April 2015 (Paperback and eBook)
Jun 12 2018 (Audio Formats on Audible and iTunes)
A brilliant mathematician and spoiled rich girl, Gretchen, is focused on harnessing Big Data and computing power to control the world stock markets not only to optimize her family’s wealth but also to control the future.
As a descendent of the Nazi Werewolf Clan, is Gretchen being maneuvered into leveraging unlimited computer power along with the ethical nihilism to manipulate lives, or just stretching her genius?
Is Gretchen working alone or is she adding additional computing sources from the Dark Net?
The R-Group, a high-level information gathering and security team, composed of Quip, Otto, Jacob, and Petra along with Julie and Juan’s fledgling group of Cyber Assassin Technology Services teams are trying to isolate the source of the massive computing power required.
Could these cyber schemers be as good at analyzing the information as the R-Group themselves?
Are people unwittingly feeding an ever-growing tsunami of information into increasingly sophisticated computer systems? This begs the question: who controls whom?
Breakfield and Burkey shared their 5th book, The Enigma Stolen, from their award-winning series focused on the relevant world of Big Data and analytics. This one will make you ask who are the winners when humans are herded to a machine's targeted end point?
Kirkus “The covert Werewolf Clan, with ties to Nazis, may be responsible and has been using a computer program to accurately predict stock futures. But it has an even more ambitious plan to link supercomputers around the world and potentially manipulate the future.”
“Wow this series gets better and better with every book I feel. Stakes are high in this one. More people are using the technology to hire assassins to go after high profile people.”
“Yes, I am hooked. I love the way the plot twists and turns throughout the book. As one completes, another arises.”
Interview
What is the hardest part of writing
your books?
Somedays
Breakfield and Burkey find the hardest part of writing is to make a consistently
believable character really reach their full potential. This is especially true with the evil
one. We create several cyber thugs and sometimes
it is really difficult to decide how to end them.
What songs are most played on your
Ipod?
Queen or Led Zeppelin
with a bit of Clapton
Do you have critique partners or beta
readers?
We actually
have several beta readers and a couple of critique partners. We are always looking for volunteers. If any
of your readers are interested, they can enter that request through our website
What book are you reading now?
Burkey is
reading Catherine Coulter’s Paradox to keep up with Sherlock and Savage. Next up is a book she is reading to create a
review and place it on Goodreads, Amazon, and her blog RoxBurkey.com.
Charles is working
on National Geographic, Fortune Magazine, and some new security training. Maybe
he will find some new gems for the next book we are working on, The Enigma
Combat.
How did you start your writing career?
In school we
each started with writing; school newspaper for Breakfield, and poetry for
Burkey. After we met at the employer, we
both worked for, Burkey found a way to write white papers for a technology leader
for pay. We did write individually for that venue and did a couple together.
The rest is history.
Thank
you for asking. The Enigma Beyond, book 11 will be on pre-order in December with
release in January of 2020. In The Enigma Beyond, humanity is fighting for
living space as the enhanced AI takes control of our politics, our military,
and our lives.
We
hope your followers will take advance of the Ebook preorder one-time special
price of $.99.
About the Authors
Breakfield – A renowned technology solutions architect with 25+ years of experience in security, hybrid data/telecom environments, unified communications, enjoys leveraging his professional skills in creating these contemporary TechnoThriller stories. He likes studying World War II history, travel, and cultural exchanges everywhere he can. Charles’ love of wine tastings, cooking, and Harley riding has found ways into The Enigma Series. He is convinced that being a part of his father’s military career in various outposts, has positively contributed to his many characters and the various character perspectives he brings into the series. He has accepted the challenge to try to teach Burkey humor and has added this to the stories in an unexpected manner.
Burkey – A renowned customer experience, business architect optimizes customer solutions on their technology foundation. She has been a featured speaker, subject matter expert, interviewer, instructor, and author of technology documents, as well as co-author of The Enigma Series. It was revealed a few years ago that writing fiction is a lot more fun than white papers or documentation and Rox took it to heart. As a child she helped to lead the other kids with exciting new adventures built on make believe characters. As a Girl Scout until high school she also contributed to the community in the Head Start program. Rox enjoys family, learning, listening to people, any kind of travel, outdoors, sewing, cooking, and imagining the possibilities.
Breakfield & Burkey – Combine their professional expertise, knowledge of the world from both business and personal travels, many characters whom have crossed their paths are a part of the series character universe. They find it interesting to use the aspects of technology people are actually incorporating into their daily lives and make it one aspect a primary theme for each story. Breakfield & Burkey claim this is a perfect way to create stories that pit the cyber good guys versus the cyber bad guys. The books in this award-winning series can be thoroughly enjoyed alone or in sequence.
You can invite them to talk about their stories in private or public book readings. Burkey also enjoys interviewing authors through the Indie Beacon/iHeart Radio programs with dates of interviews showing inside the calendar page of their website www.EnigmaSeries.com. Followers can see them at various book fairs, book Stores, Comic Book events, libraries and other fun venues.
