Being
a child of divorce, Chad Bishop has experienced both sides of the American
Family. The experiences of his formative years made him more aware of the women
around him, their daily feats of resourcefulness, and their ingenuity, which
often went unnoticed and unacknowledged by society. His stories highlight
societal issues and the ever-changing challenges women face. Learn more about
Chad and his books at his website.
I write techno-thrillers. It may seem
like an oxymoron but when I was growing up, I was always fascinated by complex
mysteries. While I have my authors that have inspired me to continue on this
road, I have to confess that the roots of my fascination started in a holiday
tradition.
Christmas comes in December, but I had
aunts who started in September. They were knitters. During the summer, pictures
were cut out of magazines and fashion books were raided. Then, September would
come and the buying frenzy of yarn would begin. The month of September was like
cyber Monday but all month long. Then at the end of the month out would
come the patterns, the needles and yarn bags.
I’ll admit they tried to get me to knit,
but it wasn’t a talent I could acquire. What did catch my attention were
the diagrams of the complex cables and knits. My aunts were the first coders I
ever met. They saw the diagrams, looked at the output and decided they wanted
to customize some items. Then they began to mark up the diagrams. When the
diagram became too messy, they pulled out blank diagrams, wrote their own
legends, and began to code.
I like coding, technology and how it all
works together. In my books the women are out-going, independent and problem
solvers. Sanctuary of Lies is about a
woman who had made killer code. It has the ability to bring down airplanes
without warning. The code is aptly called Houdini, and everyone wants it. The
book also introduces the dark web. The dark web is essentially the web’s black
market, where everything is for sell. This book introduces you into the world
of technology through the eyes of these women.
I write about contemporary subjects because
that’s what my aunts spoke about as they knitted. Politics flew just as quickly
as the needles. My tapping on the keyboard doesn’t have the same clicking of
wood and metal but it reminds me why I chose my career and why I write about
what I write.
Sanctuary
of Lies
There are 4.7 billion searchable sites making up 10% of the web, the
other 90% is dedicated to the "dark web". Within that environment
there is a thriving economy where everything is for sale: sex, armies and code
for hire. Well-known companies buy and sell for governments and NGO’s
(non-governmental organizations). They appear as benign legal boutique
companies and consultants, but their true purpose is to be the middlemen/cyber
lynchpins for these illicit goods and services.
Isabella Nunez owns a computer firm in Brooklyn with her lover Jacob Costa.
Accepting her infertility, they have a blue nose pit bull called Justice as
their “child” and live simple lives as techie nerds. Isabella’s idyllic life is
shattered when several days after her lover’s ex-wife, Simone Johns’, reported
death, Simone sends Jacob an email to come save the child, he didn’t know they
had.
