The First Secret of Edwin Hoff is a Batman-meets-Bourne thriller about an elite commando living the unexpectedly public life of a billionaire tech entrepreneur. But when Edwin is called to stop a bio-attack planned to release from a 9/11 plane, he does what a Seal Team 6 fighter would do for his next act, and more. Under deep cover, he protects the world from terror while turning the folks he meets into heroes.
Edwin Hoff is a fiction inspired by a real person: Danny Lewin was a Counter Terror Captain in Israel's equivalent of Seal Team 6. He trained to rescue hostages and kill terrorists with his bare hands. Later he went to MIT for his masters in math and founded Akamai Technologies, becoming a billionaire overnight. The author worked for him there for two years until, on September 11, Danny went to visit customers in California. He boarded AA Flight 11. Amid the horrifying tragedy, Danny left behind this puzzle:
On September 10, he packed up his office. No one knows why.
Told by one who was there, this book lets readers into the cubes to ride the crest and trough of the dot com wave, buckle in for adventure with a phenomenal leader, and chase triumph from tragedy. At Akamai, A. B. Bourne worked closely with Danny Lewin on strategic deals with IBM and Oracle, and managed Akamai's IPO, raising $234 million in 1999. The author graduated from Yale College and the University of Michigan Law School, and practiced law in Boston. She lives in Massachusetts with her family, consulting for start-up technology companies and writing the The Second Secret of Edwin Hoff.
The Second Secret Of Edwin Hoff is coming soon! Without giving anything away, I can tell you that the plot of The Second Secret is wrapped. Get ready for a race through the English countryside and France with... whoops!... I can't tell you that either. So instead, let's play a game.
Guess which of the following words will appear in The Second Secret? Choose any one or combination of the following:
- cannibal
- eggplant
- cricket ball
- all of the above
- none of the above
The first ten people who guess correctly may pick any word and email it to me (ab@abbourne.com), and I will write the words into The Second Secret. (Only words I'd be happy to have your mother read, please.)
Thank you so, so much for your interest in Edwin, his friends and enemies, and their adventures. I hope you enjoy meeting them and sharing their adventures. I am grateful to you for devoting your time to read my books. It is pure joy to put Edwin into action and to write them for you.
—A.B.
© A.B. Bourne.