I remember in school English classes, the teacher used to have us dissect books, to try to determine the underlying ”reasons” as to what the authors meant by this or that aspect of their stories. So, I thought, who knows, maybe someday a class of students will be asking some deep philosophical questions about my new book, INTRUSION which is the first in this series of Keeno McCole action novels. The epicenter of the story vacillates between Toronto, Canada, China and Rankin Inlet, a tiny town on the northwestern shores of the Hudson Bay, way the hell up there on The Canadian Shield.
So why does Rankin Inlet rate becoming the epicenter for a major terrorist attack on this nation and America?
I’ve never been there, and in fact, looking back, I’m not even sure what provoked me to select this place for one of the hottest action scenes in crime fighting, where two British Harrier jets and the RCMP, take on a team of bad boys on the edge of this town. Uh, in Rankin Inlet – you say? Yeah, absolutely, and what’s more, the real nasty stuff, which is the core of the plot (RFID implants on humans), takes place at a research facility in this otherwise remote location.
I hope the people of Rankin Inlet do not take offense, because I think the reason I selected this place for this story is because I wanted to high-profile the indigenous people of Canada, out of respect and nothing more, and I wanted to bring this part of Canada into the limelight.
It’s a tough, challenging environment up there – and the people must be equally tough, so I figured that in the wrap-up phase of this new story, it would be good to have those living in Rankin Inlet and the surroundings, who were viciously afflicted by this plot, to get in the last word, and the last laugh.
I’m hoping that people up there read the book, because I want them to see the sense of respect and admiration that I tried to build into the plot. Besides, it’s a good read, and when the cold weather sets in, they’ve got a few hours on their hands.
Réal Laplaine Author of Intrusion-AKeeno Action Novel, The Buffalo Kid and Finding Agnetha (the ABBA story we wish would happen). www.reallaplaine.comwww.reallaplaine.wordpress.com
Watch an interview with the author at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdoBEQdRtA4 and the video presentation on INTRUSION at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R17EVu0X0Es
