The Hermes ProjectBook Two in the Project trilogyby Paddy Kelly 
| No. words: 100974 Ebook Price: $5.95 
| Genres: Adventure, Action Published: 6 / 2023 Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB PDF 
| | STORY DESCRIPTION An FBI pre-dawn stakeout in the Central Park Zoo yields results and an industrial spy working for Beijing is captured. The plans he carries contain the decryption code of a new U.S. satellite system which will enable the Americans to reduce transmission latency by 75% thereby increasing the country's economy by billions per annum.
Additionally HERMES has the ability to pinpoint any given individual and trace all their known contacts through electronic means all in real time.
Although HERMES is intended for use against America's enemies, not everyone in the D.C. establishment sees its use as purely defensive. They immediately realize HERMES' political potential is unlimited.
It's 2022 a year after The Galileo Project and NYPD Homicide detective Frank Mahone is back working cases. Across the pond in London Scotland Yard Inspector Nigel Morrissey prepares for retirement while the members of his Special Homicide Investigation Team or the SHIT Squad, decide on a vacation to the Big Apple.
But when FBI agent Irina Kuksova discovers who the Chinese spy in the park was, she gets herself suspended & turns to Frank Mahone for help.
"No science is immune to the infection of
politics and the corruption of power."
- Jacob Bronowski
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Paddy Kelly immigrated to New York City in 1966 where he worked a number of jobs, finished secondary school and in 1971 attended the City University of New York on an athletic scholarship for gymnastics. It was here that he was first introduced to theatre and first became interested in writing.
In 1972 he was employed to coach the Icelandic National Olympic team, a post held for two years.
While in Reykjavik, Iceland he helped in the rescue efforts of Vestmannaeyiar Island following the eruption of the Heimaey volcano.
In 1973 he became a Hospital Corpsman in the U. S. Navy and, in 1975, assisted in the evacuation of Saigon and the resettlement of tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to Westminster, Orange County where he was first exposed to the world of film making, and later worked as a set carpenter.
Following naval service in 1976 Mr. Kelly returned to City University New York earning a B. A. While at C.U.N.Y. he became involved in drama and subsequently acted in over a dozen plays in and around the New York area, again gaining work as a set carpenter and sign writer on films.
Upon returning to California in 1982 Paddy further developed his interest in writing when he found employment as a script editor.
It was during this period that Mr. Kelly wrote his first novel, Politically Erect, (unpublished), a satire of the last days of the war in Viet Nam and the fall of Saigon. Mr. Kelly returned to the East coast and worked his way through graduate school earning his M.Ed. at Boston. He began writing plays and moved into writing and directing full time, focusing on farce, satirical and political comedy.
Mr. Kelly has to date directed two dozen professional theatrical productions, written half a dozen feature film scripts and is a regular contributor to various film industry publications.
He has just finished his third novel, The American Way.
In the course of his career Mr. Kelly has also written and directed a cookery television programme and teaches cookery classes as an aid to reducing stress in your life.
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