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The Term Sheet | Wattys 2016 Winner by LucasCarlson
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2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - HQ LOVE THE TERM SHEET is a fast-paced technothriller about entrepreneurship, startups, encryption, and the delicate balance between national security and individual privacy. Its complex characters explore thought-provoking questions about the role of technology in an ever-changing society. Step into the high-stakes game played by today's technology innovators, who push the envelope and risk it all. Get ready, this thrilling book gives you a taste of what startups are really like. _____________________________________________________ David Alexander, a young programmer in Portland, Oregon, loathed his job. Computer programming had always come naturally, but being an employee never suited him. So he tried entrepreneurship instead. After making a series of embarrassing blunders, David finally hit on a startup idea that stuck: encrypted chat. Sure there were alternatives, but as Edward Snowden has shown us, most of them (willingly or unwillingly) have backdoors for spies and bad guys. A new approach made David's app one of the most secure options out there, which caught the attention of many people, including Shawn Douglas from the Secret Service. Shawn Douglas worked with eight different presidents, preventing twenty assassination attempts, forty-three terrorist plots and two bullets. When he was promoted to a desk job overseeing and organizing travel, he picked up on a cryptic email thread that hinted at a threat to the President's life. In a race to unravel the conspiracy, Shawn and David both have to make some difficult decisions. Will Shawn stop the terrorists in time? Will David be able to navigate his startup out of a crisis and keep his entrepreneurial dream alive? Or will fate deal them both a crushing hand? Read the book to find out.
Damsel[ed]: Some Rescue Required (#2 of the Damsel[ed] series) by HeroBreaker
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The gang is back, and they're in more danger than ever. After all they've been through, Angel, Gats, Heaven, and Jay just want to kick back and relax, but that may not be possible. The world of supers around them is about to plunge into chaos, and Syndicate and Snare have their eyes set on the group. While petty fights and arguments threaten to tear them four apart, Gats goes missing. It's a race against time to get him back before everything that could possibly go wrong does. So this time, the whole crew might need a little rescue. Just some rescue required. *** Awesome cover by @Octoberflower24! **Book Two of the Damsel[ed] series, after No Rescue Required.** UPDATES WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS ***
The Temperature of Frost by HeyMysty
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❄️Featured and Watty Award-Winning, this is the strangest book you'll (n)ever read.❄️
The Free Willies: a webcomic by aelliotlee
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When old memes start taking over a tragic all-girls high school, it's up to six lame-os to embark on an interdimensional adventure and use their wits, poor athleticism, and various memeing skills to save their school. 2016 WATTYS WINNER! Edit: Most of these memes might be...aged. Please note that this comic was first created in late 2015/start of 2016, and it shows in the early updates.