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When the Goners Fight Back

by Goran Jovanić

133 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-0146; ISBN 1-4120-5251-3; US$18.95, C$23.69, EUR15.40, £10.67

This novel in the form of video game present to readers, through exciting and effective story, antiheroes of the world's political scene.

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About the Book

This novel is written in a form of a video game in a way that a reader can feel the total atmosphere of a video club and to feel he uses the game. He passes from one level to another, firstly choosing the actors: THE ABANDONED - Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden. Later on he chooses an option, then weapons that include chemical bombs, biological cocktails, nuclear heads and the like. The next is to choose the level of general corruption and inner confrontation and finally to choose his tactics at the green table. For all these, a reader has to spend certain number of points in order to continue the game.

The body of the novel is easy-to-read, and suitable for the widest number of readers, regardless his continent, culture and/or politics. The Abandoned represent a small, but well organized group of dangerous idealists, warriors, who use the U.S.A. territory and citizens, rejected by the system. Using weapons, support and money of their great alien, they begin their unusual and extremely well justified operation of making a big economic and military giant such U.S.A. - kneel.

This operation begins in a little hall in an unknown country a minute after midnight on March 23 (bombing of Serbia started on that date). This is the spot when a reader meets the actors of this novel.

In the next chapter, the picture moves to the Pacific, where in the middle of the night, near West Coast a reader can "hear" an, at first sight, accidental explosion on a cargo ship that starts sinking. Rescuing is in progress and, in back, an approaching ship from its well-hidden rescue deck, release twelve choppers who seem to be rescuing - but they are all loaded with nuclear heads, as well as biological and chemical materials. These choppers use the mess that started during sinking to reach land and each of them to reach its hidden and well-equipped air-force base throughout U.S.

Further, the next chapter reveals that the coastal guard, Pentagon and other "eyes of sleeping bear" have remained blind for the action of "Troy and Apocalypse Riders". It describes a secret meeting in a big icy town where numerous emperor and nazi armies failed the military tactics exam. There a reader can find out the level 2 has been approved. The following chapter describes how paid journalists influence the publicity in order to hide this intruder's track. The events in the next chapters are as follows:

The big ship that had Troy Riders in it was slowly going away. In its hall, there is a conversation about current events on the land. The people were discussing placing of atomic bombs over abandoned mines and mountain areas throughout U.S. and releasing biological materials over urban regions.

The next is Mossad reporting on noticed unusual groups of people that through wet shoes release some fast- evaporated liquid.

Further, there is a report of ex KGB on completing the action of contamination of all bigger U.S. cities, military barracks and other object, followed by a report of MI-6 to the counterintelligence agent 007 that started following one group that had been noticed during some previous actions.

After all these events, a telephone is ringing in the cabinet of President from whose country the Abandoned are. Deputy President is on the phone, having a new report in his hands.

The book further describes an old and unusual farm in the Spring Mountain in Death Valley, that is, in fact, a well-equipped base. One of the main actors works with his personnel. In this part we will find out some more facts about this operation, characteristics of its members, as well as a secret affair that has its boss and a young girl.

In the following chapter, journalists describe chaos that appears after disgusting epidemic that spread over the whole population.

Then a reader moves on to a huge control room in Pentagon, where an individual who is senior in rank is trying to make directors of publishing houses be more cooperative, informing them at the same time that defense system has been totally failed, and that their country has only military power that is currently out of country at different military missions or maybe ships.

At the same time a reader will find out that MI-6 has lost its intelligence agent - he was captured and video-taped with a few dark skinned guys in a bordello.

A reader will hear a communication between above-mentioned ship and a military base, which is rather humorous, and secret meetings in the icy town in the theater, during "Carmen" play.

Then a reader move on to a small flat in London suburbs, where during his afternoon break, an ordinary citizen is astonished by the news about atomic bombs that shake the U.S. territory. A speaker is in a big hurry to read the text of ultimatum on U.S. military disarming and other ideological and political conditions according to which U.S. cannot attack other small countries throughout the world.

The next is a report from the editorial office of "Vijesnik", Zagreb, on the needs to write only the best about U.S. politics.

The following picture brings a reader back to the ship where reports come one after another. On the other side, in the MI-6 office we will find a report, which says that agent 007 survived. He managed to stick a mini transmitter on one of the member of a secret organization during that above-mentioned homosexual act, so MI-6 found the location of their shelter.

Then we go to RAI-1 Studio, that at the same time shows an atomic explosion where three members of a secret group and thousands soldiers were killed, as well as a report on another atomic explosion in Camp David Base in which the President, his family, cats and a dog happened to be.

A debate of different analysts will explain that the ultimatum has to be answered positively in order to secure both Americans and the rest of world.

Finally, a reader looks at the picture of two boys, leaving small play station club in Hiroshima, Japan. They both thinks the game is excellent, but they need to sign up for tomorrow if they want to play again.

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About the Author

Goran Jovanic, 1964, Smederevo, Serbian prose literate, member of Serbian literates association, University degree in economics, published four novels:

• Soul salvation, 1993, Prosveta;
• Lead tears, 1998, KOV;
• Cage, 2002. Narodna knjiga
• When the goners fight back, 2004, Narodna knjiga

His regular business is manufacture, mega market and retail of footwear and textile, and consulting services as well.

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