Michael Powers

T-net Affair Michael Powers

Publisher Marketing: After having a fortune stolen by hackers, Evan creates T-Net, the safest, most secure and affordable Internet portal in the world. The T stands for Templar, the religious order which protected pilgrims traveling from Europe to the Holy Land during the Middle Ages. T-Net becomes wildly successful by guaranteeing users all their communication and financial transactions will be safe from scammers, hackers, and other predators, including government spies. Within a decade nearly all global commerce and communication occurs using the T-Net portal. The U. S. government is anxious to use the T-Net database to catch terrorists and tax evaders, but Evan insists they must have a warrant for each search. When Congress debates whether to force unrestricted access to T-Net data, a former boyfriend serving in Congress offers to broker a deal for T-Net. Uncertain whether to trust the man he once loved, Evan invites Congressman Wyatt Longstreet on a business trip to test his loyalty. Evan's personal assistant, Austin, is extremely suspicious of Wyatt, but Wyatt earns their trust when he foils two assassination attempts. Will T-Net survive the love triangle which forms around Evan, Wyatt, and Austin as they fight to preserve the right to privacy?