Charles Breakfield, MBA

The Enigma Broker returns readers to another thrilling problem faced by the R-Group. The commodities market seems to be deviating a bit more from just OPEC controlling oil or coal exchanged for alternate energy sources. Are the prices impacted by new entrants to the commodities market or simply the next generation application of a predatory pricing model?

The clock is ticking ...
can Gracie uncover the truth?
Phillip Pliant is the wealthy opportunist plastics dealer, and CEO of Pliant Industries. He’s also a master thief—creating a pervasive threat to the manufacturing infrastructure in the Caribbean islands markets. With the cartel as his stealth client, the naïve city leaders have been seduced, enabling the production of more than 3-dimentional building materials.
And set the stage for massive chaos and destruction.
Pliant has… Show more

The clock is ticking ...
can Gracie uncover the truth?
Phillip Pliant is the wealthy opportunist plastics dealer, and CEO of Pliant Industries. He’s also a master thief—creating a pervasive threat to the manufacturing infrastructure in the Caribbean islands markets. With the cartel as his stealth client, the naïve city leaders have been seduced, enabling the production of more than 3-dimentional building materials.
And set the stage for massive chaos and destruction.
Pliant has locked up contracts, assets, and control of any future expansion. His contacts and clients salivate over their probable financial reward—the expected profits are monstrous.
Is the R-Group, now led by Gracie and the family heirs, strong enough to win against this predator? Can JJ’s CATS (Cyber Assassin Technology Services) act on the root-cause analysis in time?
• Will the R-Group and CATS sabotage Pliant’s plan before it’s too late?
• Can Jeff and Keith use their covert skills to put the bad guys away for good?
• Will Gracie be able to squash Pliant and the cartels?
Can the chain of islands survive the underhanded tactics and threats?
Gracie never considered their lives would hang in the balance between winning and losing. Will the devious plot be uncovered in time? The clock is ticking. Five ... four ... three ... Show less

In the seventh installment of the Enigma series, a dark new era of digital crime is unleashed as malicious avatars escape their virtual landscapes and instigate wholesale terror attacks.

A thrilling exploration of the intersection of cyber technology, medical science, and human greed, The Enigma Always incorporates technical facts, big data analytics, and real-world hacking techniques into a fast-paced story with elements of romance and intrigue.

Human behavior appears erratic and unpredictable only because humans are too close to the action. To the cold, impartial circuits of a modern supercomputer, human behavior is simply a complex set of algorithms to be compiled, analyzed, and predicted.

Control the flow of human behavior, and you control the future. Cut a nervous investor off in traffic, and you initiate a stock market crash. Engineer a love affair, and you destabilize a nation. All you need is unlimited computing power—and… Show more

Human behavior appears erratic and unpredictable only because humans are too close to the action. To the cold, impartial circuits of a modern supercomputer, human behavior is simply a complex set of algorithms to be compiled, analyzed, and predicted.

Control the flow of human behavior, and you control the future. Cut a nervous investor off in traffic, and you initiate a stock market crash. Engineer a love affair, and you destabilize a nation. All you need is unlimited computing power—and the ethical nihilism to manipulate lives.

The R-Group, a high-level information gathering and security team, believes at least one group—possibly several—are using data analysis to customize the future in their image.

Powerful and mysterious, these groups are very good at what they do—possibly as good as the R-Group themselves. And even as Petra, Jacob, Quip, and the rest of R-Group battle to identify their foes, a hidden threat lurks within the team itself.

Unless the R-Group can neutralize the threat, humanity’s future will be determined by a select few, feeding an ever-growing stream of information into increasingly sophisticated computer systems. Which begs the question: who controls whom? Show less

When the devastating Ghost Code is introduced into the digital landscape by two shadowy figures known as Callisto and Mephisto, the R-Group’s talented Jacob, Petra, and Quip must race to put the myriad fragments of information together to discover who these characters are and what they actually want before financial communities and energy suppliers around the world are brought to their knees.

As the insidious code grows like a cancer, embedding itself across the cyber frontier, can the… Show more

When the devastating Ghost Code is introduced into the digital landscape by two shadowy figures known as Callisto and Mephisto, the R-Group’s talented Jacob, Petra, and Quip must race to put the myriad fragments of information together to discover who these characters are and what they actually want before financial communities and energy suppliers around the world are brought to their knees.

As the insidious code grows like a cancer, embedding itself across the cyber frontier, can the R-Group develop a cure? The Enigma Wraith presents the team with the toughest puzzle they have ever faced—a puzzle so dizzyingly complex that it may very well be the first one they are not able to solve…
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Fear generates a new false justice - Global technology police dispatched - ICABOD destroyed - R-Group leaders jailed
With the rest of the R-Group is on the run, Gracie Rodríguez is hunting MAG from inside World Bank as Marketing Director. Her secret snitch is playing both sides
The Chihuahuan Desert provides sanctuary to reassemble ICABOD. Can the R-Group young and old defeat the evil threat?
R-Group’s next generation youth captures orphaned satellites for cloaked communications… Show more

Fear generates a new false justice - Global technology police dispatched - ICABOD destroyed - R-Group leaders jailed
With the rest of the R-Group is on the run, Gracie Rodríguez is hunting MAG from inside World Bank as Marketing Director. Her secret snitch is playing both sides
The Chihuahuan Desert provides sanctuary to reassemble ICABOD. Can the R-Group young and old defeat the evil threat?
R-Group’s next generation youth captures orphaned satellites for cloaked communications during their battles.
New friends and old enemies are enlisted to track and battle the unsanctioned nefarious supercomputers. All hands are needed to set the sweet, irresistible cyber trap to lure in the digital predators.
Deep fakes are used to liberate the unjustly accused. This fight brings out the best in the new cyber warrior recruits.
In The Enigma Threat, R-Group must win or die! Show less

As the world’s biggest powers compete for superiority, it’s not larger weapons or greater numbers of soldiers that top their wish lists. Instead, it’s the latest and greatest technological advances: nanotechnology, dynamic programming algorithms, and drones, working together to build the next generation of military communications.

When a professor at a Texas university begins researching ways to improve animal husbandry and boost global food supplies, her results catch the eye of… Show more

As the world’s biggest powers compete for superiority, it’s not larger weapons or greater numbers of soldiers that top their wish lists. Instead, it’s the latest and greatest technological advances: nanotechnology, dynamic programming algorithms, and drones, working together to build the next generation of military communications.

When a professor at a Texas university begins researching ways to improve animal husbandry and boost global food supplies, her results catch the eye of inquisitive engineer Keith Austin Avery—whose interests have nothing to do with solving world hunger.

But as Avery works on potential new uses for this technology, his research draws the attention of a powerful terrorist group, with traumatic results for him and his subcontractor Eilla-Zan Marshall.

Now it’s up to the members of the R-Group to find the terrorists and their captives, using all the data and analytics at their disposal to leverage each and every piece of information.

The fast-paced third installment of the Enigma Series has R-Group’s Jacob working closely with a powerful and talented team—with results that incorporate a satisfying balance of technology, surprisingly sensitive romance, and the blurred lines that surround the age-old conflict between good and evil.
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The R-Group is the single most advanced information-gathering organization on the planet, providing services to the intelligence community on a contract basis. Their cutting-edge application of technology keeps their ability to gather, analyze, and use information well ahead of most major governments.

Carlos and Juan are entrepreneurs, although even the most generous observer would question the legality of their business model. The two brothers have discovered a way to covertly access… Show more

The R-Group is the single most advanced information-gathering organization on the planet, providing services to the intelligence community on a contract basis. Their cutting-edge application of technology keeps their ability to gather, analyze, and use information well ahead of most major governments.

Carlos and Juan are entrepreneurs, although even the most generous observer would question the legality of their business model. The two brothers have discovered a way to covertly access satellite communications. Mostly, they're putting their skills to work relocating drug lords targeted by the authorities, along with their cash, gold, artwork, and other assets—for a modest fee, of course.

When a valued private client hires the R-Group to track down a missing heiress, chance circumstance brings the technology leaders into contact with Carlos and Juan's fly-by-night operation. The two brothers have skills the R-Group can use, so they offer them a chance to go legit. Presuming, of course, the brothers can rein in their contempt for societal rules.

A sequel to Breakfield and Burkey's The Enigma Factor, The Enigma Rising continues their exploration of the high-stakes and high-tech world of information brokering as an engaging thriller of lost and found, loving and growing, and despicable greed. Show less

What happens when technology outruns our humanity?

Humans continue to give their decision making over to Artificial Intelligence. Or, was it simply confiscated? Computers are delivering manufactured choices to each person via their ever-pervasive personal devices. The seduction of mankind is eminent unless our champions can stop them.

The R-Group, with their own next generation youth, are poised to take on one of their most complex adversaries, supercomputers run by greedy… Show more

What happens when technology outruns our humanity?

Humans continue to give their decision making over to Artificial Intelligence. Or, was it simply confiscated? Computers are delivering manufactured choices to each person via their ever-pervasive personal devices. The seduction of mankind is eminent unless our champions can stop them.

The R-Group, with their own next generation youth, are poised to take on one of their most complex adversaries, supercomputers run by greedy powerful technological geniuses. The training for the new members of the R-Group is live, in the form of a real world cyber assault crisis. ICABOD, R-Group's supercomputer, is their best weapon for this battle.

With corporate self-discipline gone and the power of U.S. Congressional oversight crippled, the dominance of the technical oligopolies has risen to dictate their terms.

MAG, the consortium of global technology predators, have come together to bring their insidious plans to fruition using humans’ desire for the easy and effortless lifestyles, even as it steals their freedoms. For groups caught in the cyber crosshairs, time has already run out. The social media noise blinds humanity to what is happening. MAG uses it to seize control of politics, healthcare, finances, and defense systems.

Award winning authors Breakfield and Burkey take readers, in their 11th book in The Enigma Series, on a one way trip to keeping or giving up their most precious human quality, the freedom to choose. No one saw it coming when they built computers to ease their work. Where are the guardrails to protect humans from giving up too much? Can humanity take back control? Show less

Jacob Michaels is a brilliant programmer who has spent his life in the field of information protection, considering it his mission to protect major organizations from the horrific damage cyber criminals can inflict.

But it is his own life he finds in danger when rogue cyber-criminals target Jacob for inclusion in their nefarious activities. Determined, he sets off on a mission that takes him into the furthest reaches of cyber technology and is provided support through unknown… Show more

Jacob Michaels is a brilliant programmer who has spent his life in the field of information protection, considering it his mission to protect major organizations from the horrific damage cyber criminals can inflict.

But it is his own life he finds in danger when rogue cyber-criminals target Jacob for inclusion in their nefarious activities. Determined, he sets off on a mission that takes him into the furthest reaches of cyber technology and is provided support through unknown protectors.

With his best friend in tow, as well as a distractingly beautiful encryptionist, Jacob’s journey ultimately sets off a chain reaction involving cyber theft, international hackers, romance, and more danger than he could have ever imagined.

As Jacob closes in, however, he soon learns that the line between good guys and bad guys is increasingly blurry. Show less

In The Enigma Source, the tenth book within the award-winning Enigma Series, authors Breakfield and Burkey explore the future of world commerce, cryptocurrency, and the complications that arise from creating an all-digital monetary system. Is digital currency really the way of the future? In the digital currency gold rush of the 21st century, is there anyone looking out for the average man?

A chilling journey covering four continents, twelve cities and terrifying scenarios on what becomes of our world if the CATS team can’t defeat the enemies! Award winning authors Breakfield and Burkey take you on another techno thriller ride of analog versus digital combat that spills across the Dark Net of today’s world, in book #9 of the series!

Video Teaser for our second book The Enigma Rising - The video title is "The emotional rollercoaster aka Life!

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Provides a methodology for decision making and implementation of upgrades and migrations
· Avoids marketing hype and the "technical herding" instinct
· Offers a tool to optimize technology changes for both staff and customers

This book defines and explains the components that make up total cost of ownership along with the impact of integrating current changes in technology. It discusses the storage, security, volume, growth, and access to data and provides everything an IT manager needs in order to develop an efficient and cost-effective data storage plan.