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Conspiracy.Com: A Novel
Hunted by the top companies in America, Michael Patrick Ryan was offered the high starting salaries, stock options, and signing bonuses. Ryan set his sites on SoftCorp, Inc., a company with only one client-the Internal Revenue Service.
But Mike Ryan has also fallen into the sights of the FBI. Millions of dollars have been smuggled out of the country, and Karen Frost suspects it's someone in the IRS. The federal protection and immunity for information. But Frost has already lost one informant. Someone who got too close to the truth. As Ryan closes in, he realizes that he is a puppet in a ring masterminded by one man. One man whose agenda is designed to bring America to its knees.
But Mike Ryan has also fallen into the sights of the FBI. Millions of dollars have been smuggled out of the country, and Karen Frost suspects it's someone in the IRS. The federal protection and immunity for information. But Frost has already lost one informant. Someone who got too close to the truth. As Ryan closes in, he realizes that he is a puppet in a ring masterminded by one man. One man whose agenda is designed to bring America to its knees.
- GenresFiction
432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 14, 2001
49 people want to read
About the author
R.J. Piñeiro
35 books52 followersBorn in Cuba and raised in Central America, R.J. Pineiro spent several years in the midst of civil wars before migrating to the United States in the late 1970s, first to Florida to attended Florida Air Academy in Melbourne. There, RJ earned a pilot's license and high school diploma in 1979, before heading to Louisiana for college.
R.J. earned a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983 and joined the high-tech industry in Austin Texas, working in computer chip design, test, and manufacturing.
In the late 1980s R.J. began studying to become a novelist. Reading everything from classical literature to contemporary novels, R.J.'s love of storytelling became uncontrollable. Using an aging personal computer, R.J. decided to launch a writing career.
R.J.'s first published work, SIEGE OF LIGHTNING, a novel about a sabotaged space shuttle, was released by Berkley/Putnam in May of 1993. A second novel, ULTIMATUM, about a second Gulf War scenario, was released the following year, 1994, by Forge Books, which went on to publish R.J.'s next 12 novels over the following 13 years.
In 2015, R.J. teamed up with TV News military analyst Colonel David Hunt to kick off the "Hunter Stark Book Series." The first book in the series, WITHOUT MERCY, about ISIS gaining acquiring nuclear weapons, was released on 3.7.17. The second book, WITHOUT FEAR, about the war in Afghanistan, was released on 8.7.18
In 2017, R.J. also teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Joe Weber. The result is ASHES OF VICTORY, a novel of global terrorism and international conflict released by Ignition Books on 9.3.18
In 2018, R.J. penned a nineteenth novel, AVENUE OF REGRETS, a mystery revolving around sex trafficking and domestic abuse released on 11.16.18
R.J. is married to L.M. Pineiro, an artist and jewelry designer. They have one son, Cameron & Daughter-in-Law Sarah, and two crazy dogs, Coco and Zea.
R.J. earned a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983 and joined the high-tech industry in Austin Texas, working in computer chip design, test, and manufacturing.
In the late 1980s R.J. began studying to become a novelist. Reading everything from classical literature to contemporary novels, R.J.'s love of storytelling became uncontrollable. Using an aging personal computer, R.J. decided to launch a writing career.
R.J.'s first published work, SIEGE OF LIGHTNING, a novel about a sabotaged space shuttle, was released by Berkley/Putnam in May of 1993. A second novel, ULTIMATUM, about a second Gulf War scenario, was released the following year, 1994, by Forge Books, which went on to publish R.J.'s next 12 novels over the following 13 years.
In 2015, R.J. teamed up with TV News military analyst Colonel David Hunt to kick off the "Hunter Stark Book Series." The first book in the series, WITHOUT MERCY, about ISIS gaining acquiring nuclear weapons, was released on 3.7.17. The second book, WITHOUT FEAR, about the war in Afghanistan, was released on 8.7.18
In 2017, R.J. also teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Joe Weber. The result is ASHES OF VICTORY, a novel of global terrorism and international conflict released by Ignition Books on 9.3.18
In 2018, R.J. penned a nineteenth novel, AVENUE OF REGRETS, a mystery revolving around sex trafficking and domestic abuse released on 11.16.18
R.J. is married to L.M. Pineiro, an artist and jewelry designer. They have one son, Cameron & Daughter-in-Law Sarah, and two crazy dogs, Coco and Zea.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
May 26, 2020
Very well written with lots of knowledge and research. It started off a bit slow for me but then got to a point where I couldn't put it down.
November 1, 2021
Excellent cyber-thriller!
February 8, 2024
An enjoyable B Movie type thriller. Far fetched in places, but still very readable. It kept me turning pages and rooting for the Ryans and Karen.
July 29, 2010
I enjoyed this one, at least in part because the IRS (or part of it) is the bad guy, and because it's set in Austin TX, so there were a few references to places I've been or seen.
Good action, though it's easy to wonder why the hero and his wife didn't see the trouble coming. I mean, really? The FBI agent is a little off in the head, in my opinion, and not quite real. But humans are not quite real, if you ever get the opportunity to be on the outside looking in at someone's motivations.
Apropos of nothing, the author writes as R J Pineiro, and his first name is Rogelio. I love the way that sounds rolling off my tongue, but then I grew up in South Texas. As a weird quirk, I might even be more likely to buy a book with Rogelio on the cover. :D
Good action, though it's easy to wonder why the hero and his wife didn't see the trouble coming. I mean, really? The FBI agent is a little off in the head, in my opinion, and not quite real. But humans are not quite real, if you ever get the opportunity to be on the outside looking in at someone's motivations.
Apropos of nothing, the author writes as R J Pineiro, and his first name is Rogelio. I love the way that sounds rolling off my tongue, but then I grew up in South Texas. As a weird quirk, I might even be more likely to buy a book with Rogelio on the cover. :D
May 13, 2008
I'm slightly embarrassed that I didn't just put this down and not finish it. In my defense, I was bored. It's a thriller, but not a page-turner. I managed to understand it without really understanding the vast amounts of programming and virtual reality mumbo jumbo. It was not worthy of one star, because it was mildly interesting, but it has swearing and "scenes" I wouldn't recommend it.
May 4, 2008
If you liked The Firm, then you will like this book. Very similiar plot although it got a beef up in the technical department, which I enjoyed.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews