Naked Ambition
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It is a murder/mystery novel.<br><br>Nicholas Blick, a highly skilled twenty-year-old volleyball player, was "just snooping around" when he came across the corpse of a person who had been brutally murdered. The police have arrested another young volleyball player but Nick, thinking the wrong person has been locked up, begins his own investigation into the matter. In working on the case, the young athlete meets FBI Special Agent Tom Davis and eventually joins with the agent in not only investigating the murder but also in trying to find the person attempting to steal plans for the U.S. Navy's new missile guidance system, one called ArrowStar. <br><br>At the center of the espionage plot is globe-hopping Chen Xong Wu, a man of tremendous wealth, who is working behind the scenes to help bring about a shift in the power structure of the Chinese Communist party and, in doing so, attain for himself more influence as well as more wealth. As the story unfolds, it is Nick who, unwittingly, becomes the key person in bringing both of these cases â??â??together. Eventually, young Blick and Special Agent Davis find themselves working together in a race against the clock. Their goal: to find the murderer as well as uncover the identity of the espionage agent's "mole" before the Navy's plans end up in the wrong hands.
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Dan Roberts. Naked Ambition
DEDICATION AND APPRECIATION
FOREWORD
MAIN CHARACTERS
SUPPORTING CAST OF CHARACTERS
PROLOGUE. THE LAST DAY
TWO WEEKS EARLIER. SATURDAY
DAY 1
SUNDAY
DAY 2
MONDAY
DAY 3
TUESDAY
DAY 4
WEDNESDAY
DAY 5
THURSDAY
DAY 6
FRIDAY
DAY 7
SATURDAY
DAY 8
SUNDAY
DAY 9
MONDAY
DAY 10
TUESDAY
DAY 11
WEDNESDAY
DAY 12
THURSDAY
DAY 13
FRIDAY
DAY 14
SATURDAY
DAY 15
SUNDAY
THE SUMMARY
TWO WEEKS LATER. THE SUNDAY BEFORE LABOR DAY
EPILOGUE. TWO WEEKS AFTER LABOR DAY
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This book is dedicated to Hunter, a young man who inspired the character of Nick Blick and the story of Naked Ambition. To him I say thank you for your friendship throughout the years, especially for the support you showed to me during that very difficult, dark period of my life: those months of my wife’s illness and after her death. To know you and your heart is a privilege.
I also wish to acknowledge and thank a group of young volleyball players—a truly unique tribe—who were the inspiration for Team Toka-Tonga. These young people have exhibited not only a love for the game of volleyball but have also shown, through genuine acts of kindness, a deep and abiding affection for each other. In addition, they have vicariously shown me just how much fun life can be. Thank you for allowing me, an older, non-volleyball player, to connect with you.
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There was no acknowledgement of the several visits by Larson to Davis’ home when they were in college. Davis bypassed that as he went on with his information. “Well, the company has been working on a new guidance system that’s been ordered by the U.S. Navy for their submarine missiles. What I’ve heard from my uncle is that this system is a great improvement over the current one. They’ve just completed all the testing and now they’re waiting for final approval by the Department of the Navy. In other words, it’s ready to go to the manufacturer. According to information I have, once DON signs off, that system could be in use by the Navy sometime in the next two years.”
Davis paused, looking at Larson as if waiting for approval to continue. He got it when Larson nodded his head and said, “Okay.”
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