Well, you’ve now been introduced to a few things that are going to be with us for some time. The first is the Smoking Gun restaurant. As you may or may not know, I have written three “books” as a teen that never were published. They were mostly from my imagination at the time, having the characters working through different situations in real time. Well, in each of the three books the characters end up back at the Smoking Gun restaurant re-enacting this Western scene again and again.

The other thing that was introduced in this latest chapter is the whole concept of “the game.” This will be a feature in all of the books, but is the primary story device for this book. I don’t know if it strictly came from the idea of a holodeck from Star Trek or is something more than that– it definitely can do more than a holodeck (it will mess with time at one point, and actually is like the “bad” holodeck in that it can kill.

Other than that, here is where I think the story started to become interesting as that anything could truly happen and Adam starts to look at his relationships in different ways. You’ll see it more as the story unfolds.

Name: Noah Prescott

Occupation: Inventor

Schooling: BA Electrical Engineering

Friends: Adam Schofield, Tricia Downing

Fiance: Laura Eisenhart

Story So Far:

Noah graduated from college and moved into an apartment with Adam. He spends most of his time with his fiance, Laura, whom he proposed to and she accepted.

Noah’s known to be able to fix all sorts of items and gadgets, but he doesn’t want to become too involved in Adam’s Private Eye business because he figures that it isn’t going anywhere.

He’s much more interested in Adam’s love life, and getting him a girlfriend. To that end, Laura finds Tricia, and Noah proceeds to play match maker.

Name: Adam Schofield

Occupation: Private Investigator

Schooling: BA Criminal Justice, Private Eye License

Friends: Noah Prescott, Tricia Downing, Heather Fleming, Laura Eisenhart, Heather Burnett, Matt and Noelle Hastings

Story So Far:

Adam’s graduated from college and has rented an apartment with Noah. Noah’s dating Laura, who he believes he will marry. At the same time, Noah is trying to hook Adam up with his friend Tricia, a local museum tour guide.

When Adam goes to meet Tricia at the museum, a prize artifact (a palette used by Leonardo Da Vinci) is stolen, Adam sees the getaway car, and asks to take the case.

Meanwhile, Tricia and Adam are getting to know each other better, and he asks her to take Heather’s place on his volleyball team.