Deadly Research: Unpublished novelist Jack Richmond is given an assignment by a publisher, write a book that is relevant to our time. He begins researching the book, not knowing that his task is an exercise in data gathering. But there are factions who don't want the data gathered, and other factions who want it gathered but not evaluated. Jack and his girlfriend, Teri, find themselves the target of numerous attempts on their lives. This is a NaNo novel.