Worldwide Trouble

Harry Katzan Jr.

Description

Most of us have experienced that killed many people, sidelined others, forced others to stay indoors, and interrupted school and business activities. People lost the jobs, and kids got behind in their school work. This book summarizes the above scenario through viewpoints: Virus, Pandemic, and Vaccine. These are previous books. This book combines those books through the intelligence and experience of three international personalities: Matt the mathematician, the General, the wealthy benefactor, and their trusty sidekick Ashley. The team has an international reputation with experience with the British royalty.
This is a collection of three stories that center around the worldwide pandemic episode that centers around the COVID virus that paralyzed the world. Many people died. Many people were confined to a hospital bed, and others had to shelter in place. Schools were conducted from hoe using a virtual classroom. Thousands of businesses failed and countless persons were out of employment.
The worlds scientific community came to the rescue and developed an antidote to forestall the virus and return civilization to a meaningful level. We, as a worldwide community, have survived and we will escape as a better world.
The book is a combination of three novels that describe the worldwide epidemic. The main characters are Matt, the mathematician, the General, a worldwide benefactor, and other people, such as Ashley, Anna, and Sir Charles (Buzz) Bunday, all of whom you have met in other novels.
There are three novels: The Virus, Then Pandemic, and the Vaccine.
You will be enlightened and entertained. You can read the novels in any order, without a loss of continuity. This book would be a good beach read.

Sujets

• Thrillers
• University
• Intellectual
• Military
• The General
• British Royal Family
• Crime
• International
• Le Mécano de la « General »
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 27 décembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663249395
• Langue: English

Extrait

OTHER NOVELS BY HARRY KATZAN JR
The Mysterious Case of the Royal Baby
 
The Curious Case of the Royal Marriage
 
The Auspicious Case of the General and the Royal Family
 
A Case of Espionage
 
Shelter in Place
WORLDWIDE TROUBLE
Matt and the General Stories
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harry Katzan Jr.
 
 
 
 
 

 
WORLDWIDE TROUBLE
MATT AND THE GENERAL STORIES
 
Copyright © 2023 Harry Katzan Jr.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6632-4938-8 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-4937-1 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-4939-5 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022923882
 
 
iUniverse rev. date: 12/22/2022
CONTENTS
BOOK ONE : THE VIRUS
Prologue
Characters
PART I : EMERGENCE OF A PROBLEM
1       A Casual Morning Of Golf
2       Ashley Appears Unexpectedly
3       The Coronavirus Project
4       Lunch Meeting
5       Matt And The General Meet Harry
6       Staffing The Team
PART II : GATHERING RELEVANT INFORMATION
7       Recruiting The Team
8       Getting Started
9       Recruiting Ashley And The Accident
10     Discussing The Accident
11     Anna’s First Report
12     Amelia Is Picked Up In Dc
PART III : EXECUTING THE PROJECT
13     Amelia Robinson Comes On Board
14     Preliminary Activities
15     The First Team Meeting
16     There Is Always Time For Golf
17     The Flight That Didn’t Happen
18     Matt And Ashley Team Up
PART IV : MEETINGS IN LONDON
19     Security For Matt And Something For Ashley
20     Travel To London
21     Matt And The General Talk During The Flight
22     The Palace Breakfast
23     Colonel Bunday’s Team
24     Matt’s Team
PART V : FINALIZING THE PROJECT
25     Important Conversations
26     The Report
27     Knighthood, Travel, And The Final Result
28     Matt And Ashley
Afterword
About This Book
BOOK TWO : THE PANDEMIC
Characters
Prologue
PART I : MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT
1     Amelia Robinson Meets The President
2     Matt And The General Are Called To The White House
3     Travel To The White House
4     The President’s Meeting
PART II : AMELIA AND THE SUMMIT
5     On The Subject Of Amelia
6     The President Puts The Project Back On Track
7     Preparation For The Meeting At Camp David
8     Travel To Camp David
9     Camp David Summit
10     Amelia Is Back In The Game
PART III : TRAVEL TO ZÜRICH
11     Organization And Planning For The Zürich Trip
12     Preparation For The Trip To Switzerland
13     Arrival At The Meeting
14     Preparation For The Meeting
15     On The Trail Of The Virus
16     Working Towards A Solution
17     Planning After The Trip To Switzerland
PART IV : THE SOLUTION
18     Amelia, Ashley, And Matt Have A Dinner
19     Matt Wakes Up Ashley
20     The Final Solution
21     The Story Is Not Over Until Its Over1
Afterword
The Green Room
About the Book
BOOK 3 : THE VACCINE
Prologue
Characters
1       Early November
2       The Next Day
3       Visit To The Pentagon
4       Discussion At The Pentagon
5       Return From The Pentagon To New Jersey
6       The Flight Home
7       Getting Ready
8       Preparing For The Math Conference
9       At The Math Conference In Zürich
10     The General’s Vacation
11     At And After The Math Conference
12     Return To The States
13     After The Russia Trip
14     Home In New Jersey
15     Back To The White House
16     At The White House
17     Back In New Jersey
18     Matt’s Plan
19     The Plan
20     Arrangements For The Trip To Moscow
21     Pathogens
22     The Flight To Russia
23     Meeting With Dr. Dimitri Aplov
24     The Flight Home And After
25     Making Final Arrangements
26     Final Report
27     Visit To Klosters
A Brief Afterward
About This Book
 
For Margaret, as always forever
A TROUBLESOME INTRODUCTION
This is a collection of three stories that center around the worldwide pandemic episode that centers around the COVID virus that paralzed the world. Many people died. Many people were confined to a hospital bed, and others had to shelter in place. Schools were conducted from hoe using a virtual classroom. Thousands of businesses failed and countless persons were out of employment.
The worlds scientific community came to the rescue and developed an antidote to forestall the virus and return civilization to a meaningful level. We, as a worldwide community, have survived and we will escape as a better world.
The book is a combination of four novels that describe the worldwide epidemic. Che main characters are Matt, the mathematician, the General, a worldwide benefactor, and other people, such as Ashley, Anna, and Sir Charles (Buzz) Bunday, all of whom you have met in other novels.
There are three novels: The Virus, Then Pandemic, and the Vaccine.
You will be enlightened and entertained. You can read the novels in any order, without a loss of continuity.
Enjoy your read.
The Author
2022
Book One
THE VIRUS
PROLOGUE
Matt Miller and Ashley Wilson had been friends from the day they met in Dr. Marguerite Purgoine’s creative writing course. They commonly met at Starbucks to discuss life’s never-ending set of problems. Matt was an established mathematician and a prize winning golfer. Ashley had been a person seeking celebrity status. Dr. Purgoine, known personally as Anna for some unknown reason, was a distinguished professor and award-winning author. Matt’s grandfather, Les Miller, was a retired general in the U.S. Air Force, and subsequently the founder of an influential political polling company. He was referred to as “the General,” because of his collection of major accomplishments. The General was wealthy and liked to help people. This led to several keen adventures for Matt and the General.
Ashley, on the other hand, was frequently the subject of Matt’s and the General’s adventures. Ashley had married, at least from a Royal view, Prince Michael of Bordeaux, an accomplished astrophysicist and most recently the director of the local university’s astrophysics lab, and Ashley was a professor of drama at a community college. But, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Here is what happened.
Matt was sitting at his favorite window seat at Starbucks drinking a caramel macchiato and reading a math book, which was his customary pastime. Today he was reading about non-Euclidean geometry, a subject in which Matt had forgotten a few details. He looked up and there was Ashley.
“I hoped you would be here,” said Ashley. The meeting was cordial since the two people liked each other. There relationship was not romantic, but more like brother and sister.
It was then that Ashley described the problem. Michael was gone. He had traveled to England for a conference and decided to stay and return to his position in the Royal hierarchy. The Queen was recently retired as head of the country, and the position of King of the United Kingdom was give to the next person in the hierarchy, who in this case, was the Queen’s son, the Duke of Cambridge. The retired Queen was now known as Catherine Penelope Radford, thanks to the efforts of the Royal Lexicographer. The retired Queen was a friend of the General and visited the States as a private citizen of the Royal Kingdom. As is the custom among celebrities, Prince Michael, who retained a position in the Royal Hierarchy, was seated next to Catherine at a welcoming dinner hosted by the General. The lavish dinner was a social success, but from the viewpoint of Ashley, Matt, and the General, it turned out to be an unfortunate event, as there was some question as to what had transpired between Catherine and Michael concerning Michael’s future in the British system.
The General contacted his World War II Army buddy Buzz Bunday, subsequently a member of the British Security Service (BSS), concerning Prince Michael and was informed that Michael had gone “bonkers” resulting from the stress of his U.S. position, and British government people were considering putting him into an asylum.
The General proposed a dinner meeting between he, Matt, and Ashley to iron out the difficulties, and when Matt went to a pre-arranged meeting at Starbucks, Ashley did not show up.
The story continues from there.
CHARACTERS
The General – Les Miller. Former military General and Humanitarian. P-51 pilot and war hero. Has bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees.
Matthew (Matt) Mi