FBSI Chronicles

Laro Files # 1

Synopsis:

It seems like a simple assignment for two experienced Special Space Agents.

On Affix, one of the two moons of Viridis, the most distant planet in the human-explored and inhabited part of the universe, Monterrey and Xiaobo, two agents of the Federal Bureau of Space Investigation, hunt a fugitive. The FBSI agents expect to get the job done quickly. Until it turns out that several parties are involved in the manhunt. And not all these parties are human ...

When an ancient secret is also uncovered, a dangerous cat and mouse game is created. A game of life and death. To survive, criminals and men of the law have only one choice.

They must work together to defeat the unknown enemy. Collaborate with someone they don't trust.

How can you work with someone you don't trust?

Genre: Science Fiction / SF-Thriller

Type: Novel

Words: 68,750

Released: March, 2021

Manuscript finished: February, 20217

Inspiration: 

"Devoir" is the first book ("pilot" if you like...) in the FBSI-series. Funny detail: "Devoir" was meant to be a short story of approximately 8,000 words. The synopsis (first 500 words) were rejected by the editors of an anthology. Nevertheless I decided to finish the story. And then... well, it just happened unexpectedly... The short story grew upto 60k words and thus became a regular novel.
While I was writing and making things up, I was surprised to find the word "FBSI" was never used before. (Oh hell, I didn't find it; which doesn't mean it really hasn't be used before. I may have overseen one of those zillions of books published today...). Anyway, during the process of writing so many storylines popped up in my mind, I decided to make this a 'bigger thing'. 'Devoir' has become the pilot of the FBSI-series.

List of characters
Characters alphabetical by last name. Nicknames and characters only known by their first name or their last name, are given underneath this list. Unnamed characters are not listed!

• Rosanna Arquette - sergeant ITC
• Elliott (Bryant?) - agent Affix Police Department
• Giorgio Faenza - the 'Don'
• Horwitz - SSA commander Viridis
• Djay Laro - SSA Special Space Agent protagonist
• Paolo Mazzanti - adviseur Don Faenza
• Leeanne Monterrey - SSA Special Space Agent
• Jerrilynn Moyle - beheerder unit 5
• Roz Nolan - commissioner / chief of Affix Police Department
• Radhikropunanga - 'Rad' / agent Affix Police Department
• Eileen Suhrau - major ITC
• Sézar Torrance - admiral
• Reggie Trullo - trustee Don Faenza
• Mai-Lin Tsui - assistant Faenza
• Vancouver - brigadier Affix Police Department
• Xiu Xiaobo - SSA commander
• 
  
• Ashbourne - citizen
• Chung - agent Affix Police Department
• Deregowski - governor
• Herschwin - assistant Trullo
• Ignazio - assistant Trullo
• Joel - agent Affix Police Department
• Salvatore - assistant Faenza
• Silvio - assistant Trullo
• Sullender - agent Affix Police Department 
• Vauxhall - agent Affix Police Department
• 
  

Abbrevations
FBSI - Federal Bureau of Space Investigation
ITC - Interstellar Traffic Control
Rusu- Rubiconem Suum (sector 373) - Latin, meaning 'Point of no return'
Reps - citizens of Repulso
Seps - Sepulchrians (Sepulchre = old English, meaning 'grave')