Silicon Gulch - THE BOOK

Jeff finds himself in Silicon Valley where he is asked to investigate claims by a gregarious Frenchman that his neural network electronic technology actually works. He meets up again with the enchanting Nancy, the FBI agent he had worked with in Atlanta where they fell in love while he was still married, and again in Washington DC where fortune kept them apart. A surprise meeting with Kathy puts romance back into Jeff's life as he finds himself hounded by financially-desperate Europeans so determined to push their questionable technology―men so desperate that they will stop at nothing, even Jeff's murder! The excitement will make the reader gasp, tragedy will make the reader cry, romance will make the reader sigh.

About the Magic Town trilogy series
Jeff, a forty-something aerospace executive finds himself landing in the middle of mystery in the strip clubs of Atlanta, a year later in Washington DC, and a year after that in Silicon Valley. Each time he is thrust into the middle of cases with the beguiling Nancy, the FBI agent with the golden eyes, Arnie the senior agent, and a cast of bad guys straight from the newspaper. Each time Jeff finds himself trapped in difficult and dangerous cases, each time he is instrumental in their solution. Every time he finds his life endangered from shooting, poisoning, or being blown up. The question is, can he survive…

About the author
Chris Lamela has published numerous column-length pieces in humor, business and philosophy. His foray into novels intertwines his personal experiences with a rich cast of characters in captivating story lines. The tension, humor, and romance of this writing reveal a writer with a mature perspective and a playful sense of storytelling. The Magic Town series tells of a hapless man's adventures into a world of mystery, crime and murder, and romance with characters that come alive for the reader, told in a way that makes the reader want to get to the next page.

SILICON GULCH, the Final Book of the Magic Town Trilogy is here!

Chapter 1 of Silicon Gulch ... Jeff meets the Frenchman!

Monday, 3:23PM: Please Kill Me Now!
Jeff finds himself trapped in a long and droning presentation, then meets the French Man who Jeff suspects has rigged his neural network technology demo tapes.

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Chapter 2 of Silicon Gulch ... Nancy calls Jeff!

Monday, 6:24 PM: Premonition
Jeff thinks that he will never see Nancy or Kathy again...but then Nancy calls him!

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Chapter 3 of Silicon Gulch ... Kathy appears!

Monday, 7:06 PM: Get a Room!
Jeff decides he is definitely not going to the singles mixer in the hotel, but then he shows up an hour early to the dinner. With an hour to kill he goes to the singles mixer anyway...and he meets Kathy!

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CHAPTER 4 of Silicon Gulch ... The Frenchman announces a total lie!

Monday, 8:05 PM: Dinner Surprise!
Jeff goes to the dinner where he meets the congresswoman who puts the make on him! He meets Paula who is sending signals. But the surprise of the evening is when the Frenchman announces he has a deal with Jeff's company!

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Chapter 5 of Silicon Gulch … Nancy asks Jeff to have sex with the congresswoman!

Monday, 11:08 PM: The Red Eye
Jeff thinks he gets to have sex with Nancy, but she announces she is on a red eye back to DC. Then she asks him to sleep with the congresswoman!

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Chapter 6 of Silicon Gulch ... It's suddenly raining women on Jeff!

Monday, 11:51 PM: A Flood of Women!
Nancy asks Jeff again to have sex with the congresswoman, but wear a condom! Then the congresswoman calls him asking him to come over! Then Kathy calls and wants him to come over! But then Paula shows up at his hotel room!

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Chapter 7 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff and Paula get naked―the Frenchman interrupts!

Tuesday, 10:02 AM: An Uninvited Liar
The Frenchman calls and says Paula invited him to their meeting this morning. Mikl Denot, the Frenchman's investor threatens to go to Jeff's boss. Jeff and Paula get naked in the conference room when the Frenchman interrupts them and offers a five million dollar bribe!

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Chapter 8 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff and the congresswoman get naked!

Tuesday, 2:02 PM: Los Gatos
Jeff stocks up on condoms before heading to the congresswoman's house in Los Gatos. Then they get naked together and about to have sex when suddenly Jeff remembers...condoms!

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Chapter 9 of Silicon Gulch … Sex with a condom is not really sex!

Tuesday, 4:12 PM: Partners
Jeff's suddenly remembering he promised to wear a condom puts a halt to sex! (Who did he promise?) She admit that there's someone, then they agree to be partners on this case.

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Chapter 10 of Silicon Gulch … Arnie is jealous of Jeff!

Tuesday, 5:04 PM: We Didn’t Have Sex!
The congresswoman shares what she knows about the case while Jeff pretends to be surprised. Jeff figures out Arnie was Nancy's great mentor. Then Jeff figures out that Arnie is the congresswoman's someone!

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Chapter 11 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff discovers they hired murderers to kill him!

Tuesday, 7:26 PM: The Target
While waiting for Nancy at the airport Jeff sees the Frenchman walk out with two men! He remembers his disposable camera and takes their pictures. Then he discovers the two men are notorious hit men after him!

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Chapter 12 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff will use himself as bait for the murderers!

Tuesday, 8:58 PM: A Plan
Jeff comes up with a brilliant plan to use himself as bait for the hit men!

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Chapter 13 of Silicon Gulch … The assassins come after Jeff!

Wednesday, 10:02 AM: Deadly Greeks
Jeff enters the conference room with his dummy twin seated, goes into the next room, sitting with gun pointing toward the door―soon he hears the TATATATATATATA! of machine gun fire in the other room. He shoots through the door and kills one of the assassins! Then they shoot through the door coming after Jeff!

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Chapter 14 of Silicon Gulch … They discover a new mystery player!

Wednesday, 3:27 PM: A Mystery Player
They take Jeff up to his room where he tries to recuperate. They decide to plan a dinner with the Frenchman and Mikl tonight to spring that Jeff's still alive. Then they discover there is a mystery player!

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Chapter 15 of Silicon Gulch … The Frenchman thinks Jeff was murdered!

Wednesday, 6:10 PM: Spinning Room
Jeff learns more about his assassins, then they plan how to get their uncle on their side, and finds out the Frenchman thinks he was murdered this morning. He forgets about his date with Kathy, and they plan for tomorrow night. He discovers that his wife and Nancy have been talking!

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Chapter 16 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff is risen from the dead!

Wednesday, 8:00 PM: Dinner for Four
They go to a French restaurant to meet Gerard and Mikl. Ted tells Jeff about a woman he knew a long time ago, Jeff tells him about Kathy―Ted is shocked! Jeff goes inside and hides in a corner until Nancy signals, then he walks up to their table!

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Chapter 17 of Silicon Gulch … Gerard and Mikl are stunned to see Jeff alive!

Wednesday 8:33 PM: Risen from the Dead
Gerard and Mikl cannot believe Jeff is alive! Jeff talks them into giving Nancy five million! Jeff and Nancy enjoy playing with these guys who can't seem to find their tongues!

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Chapter 18 of Silicon Gulch … Paula shows up at Jeff's hotel room!

Thursday 9:03 AM: Let’s Do This!
Ted called Mary, the woman he knew in college and they are going to have breakfast tomorrow! Paula shows up at Jeff's hotel room! Then Jeff works until three researching silicon neural networks. He sees Ted and Mary the next morning but it doesn't look good. Then Jeff comes up with a plan for the Friday meeting with Gerard and Mikl.

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Chapter 19 of Silicon Gulch: The Frenchman is a fraud!

Thursday, 11:22 AM: The Frenchman is a Fraud!
Nancy and Jeff meet with Gerard and his assistant. Jeff shows the Frenchman algorithm formulas for neural networks, and the Frenchman finally admits that the patents were his brother's! He is a complete fake! Then Nancy and Jeff plan their alternatives from this news ...

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Chapter 20 of Silicon Gulch … They decide to expose the Frenchman!

Thursday 1:44 PM: The Final Vote
At the meeting that afternoon they consider the alternatives, and decide to do the Sherlock Plan which will put Gerard and Mikl in the same room after they tell Gerard his gravy train is cut off and Mikl that Gerard is a fraud.

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Chapter 21 of Silicon Gulch … Uncle Mondo won't kill Jeff!

Thursday 2:23 PM: Uncle Mondo
Gerard gave Jeff up to Uncle Mondo! Then Uncle Mondo calls him and wants a meeting! Jeff tells him that his nephews were killed, set up by the Frenchman. Uncle Mondo won't finish the job of killing Jeff!

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Chapter 22 of Silicon Gulch … Ted's a father!

Thursday 5:38 PM: Droopy Flowers
Jeff plans to go see Kathy and learns Ted is a father! Ted agrees to follow Jeff over to Kathy's townhouse, stopping to pick up the only flowers in the store.

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Chapter 23 of Silicon Gulch … Kathy gets naked!

Thursday 5:58 PM: Get a Clue
Jeff plays Clue with Kathy and the kids, then they send out for Chinese food. The Chinese men delivering the food recognize Jeff from when he confronted a racist man in the hotel elevator. Suddenly Kathy is naked!

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Chapter 24 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff and Kathy make love!

Thursday Midnight: Kathy
Jeff and Kathy have long and wonderful love-making. They say I love you to each other once more as they share stories of their love lives, making promises to be together.

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Chapter 25 of Silicon Gulch … Ted is murdered!

Friday 3:14 AM: Your goddam crazy―
Jeff leaves promising to call tomorrow afternoon. As he goes outside he swears he sees someone in the shadows. Suddenly Ted's car drives up, he demands Jeff get inside, then takes off saying, "It's your goddam crazy―" when Ted is shot!

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Chapter 26 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff has doubts about everything

Friday 4:26 AM: Doubts
Kathy and Jeff are driven back to his hotel room. He awakens in the middle of the night wondering at the events of the week, at the woman sleeping before him. Suddenly he is filled with doubts when Kathy wakes and assures him that she loves him.

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Chapter 27 of Silicon Gulch … The Frenchmen murdered Ted!

Friday 9:23 AM: Shadow
Jeff can't remember Ted's last words! He goes to the team meeting that feels like a funeral for Ted where Jeff tells them Ted has a daughter. Then Jeff remembers Ted's last words that he fills in: your stupid goddam crazy Frenchman!

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Chapter 28 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff wants vengeance for Ted's murder!

Friday 9:52 AM: Vengeance!
Jeff is now certain he saw the Frenchman in the shadows last night! Jeff demands a vote that they want the Frenchman dead! Then they decide to tell Mikl he was defrauded, and Gerard that they are telling Mikl!

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Chapter 29 of Silicon Gulch … Uncle Mondo was asked to kill Nancy, too!

Friday 10:41 AM: Taking a Pass
Uncle Mondo calls for another meeting where he tells Mikl is a desperate man he can't trust, that they paid him another million to kill Nancy!

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Chapter 30 of Silicon Gulch … Gerard and Mikl murder each other!

Friday Noon: The Showdown
The Frenchman is stunned when Jeff shows again up after being murdered! Then Jeff defies him to write a neural network equation, but he can't! Suddenly Gerard pulls a gun, now all guns drawn! Mikl pulls a gun! The good guys slowly back out of the room ... Jeff has second thoughts about this plan and goes back to the room to witness Gerard and Mikl murder each other!

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Chapter 31 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff gets coached by Uncle Mondo

Friday 12:48 PM: Uncle Mondo Gives Advice
Uncle Mondo knew Nancy was FBI! He coaches Jeff that life isn't fair, and to do something really special for someone who has been hurt by all this as a way to help gain his freedom.

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Chapter 32 of Silicon Gulch … Nancy tears up three love letters!

Friday 1:28 PM: Parting
Nancy finally gets to sit down with Jeff only to have Jeff be the one tell her that he can't be with her. Then she tears up three love letters!

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Chapter 33 of Silicon Gulch … Jeff finds freedom!

Friday 2:48 PM: Freedom

Paula calls thanking him for changing her life! Jeff rides with Arnie to Pleasanton to tell Mary about Ted's death. Jeff hands Mary half the money he got from Uncle Mondo...his freedom!

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Chapter 34 of Silicon Gulch … Kathy is moving to Seattle!

Friday 4:53 PM: Going Home
Arnie and the congresswoman are getting married and they want Jeff as their best man! Jeff gets on the plane back to Seattle when suddenly Kathy appears on the plane! And Kathy is moving to Seattle to be with Jeff!

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Chapter 35 of Silicon Gulch … They try to murder Jeff again!

Friday 7:24 PM: Revenge!

Jeff is followed to Seattle by a man who wants to kill him! Then Jeff discovers that Kathy spent the night with his wife and kids Wednesday night! And his wife is dating another man and she wants Jeff's permission! 

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Final Chapter of Silicon Gulch … Jeff learns of the promise in his face

Friday 8:49 PM: Arrived
Kathy arrives at Jeff's condo. Jeff learns that it is the promise in his face that attracts women. Kathy has now become part of his life, and we have a happy ending!

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