Opening Story

Breathe in. Breathe out. He exhaled through his nose, bearing down to slow his heart rate. Casual Friday, thank God. The room was frigid to keep the computers from overheating. He wiped the sweat from his hands on his jeans, running his fingers through his hair to clear away the rest forming on his forehead. He stared at the screen, pretending to read a report on algorithms. No more waiting.

It was time.

Jonathon Skrupski / The Program

Jonathon Skrupski has been data mining information from the Program for 39 days. Gathering proof that they have dissolved prime number encryption, hacking every system on earth. Nuclear codes. Banking. Voting. Nothing is secure anymore, and no one knows they’re doing it.

Until now

Today he takes the fragment that powers the quantum computers they use to do it. Exotic technology recovered from… somewhere else.

Escape Plan

Hong Kong. An Identity change, then he disappears until he can get enough data out to the public to force disclosure.

They're closing in

Just one more stop, then he’s gone, far away where even the Program can’t find him… if he can live that long.”

Novella Introduction

A computer scientist has decided that The Legacy Program must come to an end. He has the proof and is going to share it with the world. It’s the story before the story – a self-contained six chapter novella – that sets the stage for the events in the novel.

Escape from Taylor Run

ESCAPE FROM TAYLOR RUN A LEGACY PROGRAM NOVELLA M PAUL WHELAN

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A stolen piece of technology. A man on the run. A secret powerful enough to change the world.

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