Brandon C Hovey

Jade's Dish Brandon C Hovey

Jade's Dish is Brandon C. Hovey's fourth work of fiction. Jade's Dish is the spiritual sequel to Thuringer: The Officer, Hovey's first book. Now, the protagonist is Investigator Rod Veska, a Private Detective employed by a large risk mitigation services company. Veska spyies on and stalks fraudsters for a multitude of his organization's clients. Veska's latest investigation has him needing some help. He is assisted by food tram chef Jade Novorisk who helps him build a cover as the claimant goes camping on Camp Moon 22, a terraformed world resembling a 20th Century Campground. Veska and Novorisk's work yields results and a matter of galactic security forces them to team up with another ally, Lieutenant Martin Thuringer of the United Earth Navy to face humanity's worst existential threat yet. Fans of Robert Heinlein, Fred Pohl, Tom Clancy, Andy McNab, will find this a compelling, immersive, entertaining, and hardboiled sci-fi detective story. Railgun rods, laser beams, plasma, and other types of ammunition will be employed. And a pair of Damascus bladed Chef's knives come in handy too when you are battling a foe hell-bent on the destruction of humanity. Join Rod Veska as he uncovers intrigue, romances Jade, and hunts down both fraudsters and the fanatics called the Dar-Shawn.