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  Government Men

  By

  Gary J. Davies

  Government Men

  Copyright 2014-2015 Gary J. Davies

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  This novel is a work of fiction about a parallel universe with characters, actions, places, and things that are products of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to places, events or locales is purely coincidental.

  Acknowledgements

  The BRAC closing of NADC caused me to imagine a world very like our own except that in it peace had broken out and militaries had been dissolved (The good news). And then the aliens attacked (Oops - the BAD news!). Fortunately in this fantasy world there are also mythic creatures, psychic-powered humans, friendly aliens, Trekkies, and above all a few dedicated DOD Civil Servants: Government men (and women)!

  This re-release of Government Men is in response to a review comment and contains many editorial 'clean-up' sorts of corrections but is not a major rewrite.

  Happy reading!

  Gary Davies, March 2014; revised March 2015

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  CONTENTS

  PROLOGUE

  CHAPTER 1 CRAB SURPRISE

  CHAPTER 2 CONFUSION, FAST CARS, AND HOT WOMEN

  CHAPTER 3 CORONATION

  CHAPTER 4 POST-PARTY HONEYMOONING AND ASTRONOMY

  CHAPTER 5 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF POWER IN THE OFFICE PLACE

  CHAPTER 6 INTERLUDE: THE BIG DATE

  CHAPTER 7 DATA BY SLUDGOMATIC AND VIP BY VISICOM

  CHAPTER 8 CRISIS MANAGEMENT

  CHAPTER 9 HER!

  CHAPTER 10 HAVING DR. BARNS FOR DINNER

  CHAPTER 11 VISITOR

  CHAPTER 12 CUT TO THE CHASE!

  CHAPTER 13 FLIGHT!

  CHAPTER 14 CAR WASH

  CHAPTER 15 THE 'B' TEAM

  CHAPTER 16 HOME BASE

  CHAPTER 17 THE NEXT BUS OUT OF TOWN

  CHAPTER 18 A QUICK DC BUS TOUR

  CHAPTER 19 THE RA REGROUP

  CHAPTER 20 ALIENS AMONG US

  CHAPTER 21 ENTERPRISE!

  CHAPTER 22 ONWARD!

  CHAPTER 23 ARIZONA REUNION

  CHAPTER 24 WESTERN SHOOT OUT!

  CHAPTER 25 PHOENIX GENERAL

  CHAPTER 26 TWINKIES AND SWOLLEN HEMORRHOIDAL TISSUE

  CHAPTER 27 GROUND ZERO

  CHAPTER 28 THE CHIEFS

  CHAPTER 29 DECISIONS AND COMMITMENTS

  CHAPTER 30 MORE CHIEFS, UTAH BOUND

  CHAPTER 31 BOSSED IN SPACE

  CHAPTER 32 GOOD GRUB AND STRANGE TALES

  CHAPTER 33 THE DREAMERS FROM AFAR

  CHAPTER 34 THE LAND

  CHAPTER 35 THE FALCON

  CHAPTER 36 MCGREGOR AND FRIENDS

  CHAPTER 37 AWAKENINGS

  CHAPTER 38 BATTLE OF THE ONE TREE

  CHAPTER 39 THE SKYWARD

  CHAPTER 40 RA WOES!

  CHAPTER 41 THE BLACK PIT

  CHAPTER 42 CLEAN GET-AWAY

  CHAPTER 43 THE TRAVELER

  CHAPTER 44 FORGING THE KEY

  CHAPTER 45 SOAP, SNAKES, AND BATS

  CHAPTER 46 THE SLEEPER AWAKES

  CHAPTER 47 THE FEATHERED SERPENT

  CHAPTER 48 THE PLAN

  CHAPTER 49 TRANSFORMATION

  CHAPTER 50 JUNGLE RENDEZVOUS

  CHAPTER 51 DANNOS

  CHAPTER 52 EPILOGUE

  About the Author and Other Publications

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  PROLOGUE

  (A FEW YEARS EARLIER)

  Dark One: raging, hateful, death bringer

  Foul, cold, soulless, colorless, black abomination

  Creeping out of time and space towards our light

  To vanquish life and love and reason

  Are you to steal the future,

  And write fate in our dried, darkened blood?

  - The Traveler