Overview

Digging Around the Pandemic: The SwiftPad Extinction, the riveting and concluding volume of the SwiftPad Trilogy, follows the last months of an election in a country that balances precariously on the knife edge of Civil War. After the Insurgency's defeat of the Incumbent's storm troopers in Portland, a desperate international struggle plays out behind the scenes and in plain sight on the ubiquitous social media platform SwiftPad. Follow the Insurgents as they retaliate against the Incumbent's reprisals, while fighting for the hearts and minds of an increasingly fragmented electorate. Meanwhile Kip Rehain, SwiftPad founder, seeks his former lover and business partner GG, by slowly making his way into the heart of the Leviathan, where nature conspires with mega-hackers and a mysterious disease to bring all of us into the next stage of existence.

Full Product Details

9781735251462

Table of Contents

Reviews

Barckmann shifts tone quite comfortably moving from standard mystery to Sci fi satire, magical realism and political allegory. Most significantly, Barckmann is interested in mining the ample vein of antagonism that runs through our country today, examining that conflict from all sides through the lens of rich versus poor, technology versus nature, and imagination versus reality. Red City Review

Barckmann shifts tone quite comfortably moving from standard mystery to Sci fi satire, magical realism and political allegory. Most significantly, Barckmann is interested in mining the ample vein of antagonism that runs through our country today, examining that conflict from all sides through the lens of rich versus poor, technology versus nature, and imagination versus reality. Red City Review

Author Information

Born and raised in the small Jersey Shore town of Barnegat NJ. Parents, Doris (Jones) and Bill Barckmann, both deceased. Two sisters, Liza and Laura. Moved to North Jersey suburb at 13 (1964). Went to University of Kansas, graduated (1973), degrees in Economics and History. Planned to be a writer, wrote much of the backstory later incorporated into the The SwiftPad Series. Worked in various capacities as laborer, heavy equipment operator, became a Land Surveyor (1977). Worked in a Civil Engineering office, managing business. Wrote articles, grant writer of social service agency, involved in local politics, Progressive election mechanic (Eugene Oregon). Went to China, (1984) as English teacher in Xian Medical college. The following year I moved to Beijing to teach at Foreign Language Institute. Returned to the US (1987), married Mary Traeger, son Zach born (1988). Started a career in IT in a strip mall Computer store. Worked for various companies and organizations as technical lead in various IT specialties, (networking, software development, computer security, systems management) Retired from IBM (2014). Presently full time author

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available