Back to my book again

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What we need at the beginning is some light among all of the dark.  Being in a country whose human rights record is not exemplary and being a foreign journalist who they might consider biased coming from other countries who pretend they don’t have a problem, and trying not to write about it, provides enough of a contrast when our protagonist runs into what we might call a ray of sunshine.

Of course, being single-minded on the job, and not in the business of coming across sassy women, when he does, not necessarily by accident, it proves a little relief. 

He does not believe in coincidence.

Then there’s the catacombs.  Yes, this city has a vast network of underground caves and tunnels that ruin from the middle of the city to the shoreline, and much is made of the tourist aspects of the old smuggler trade, most in people a long time ago, and the fact the port was once a home to many lesser-known pirates.

Just to add a little colour to the location, and another distraction for our protagonist.

Time to add another layer to the story and introduce a new character.

Our protagonist is used to working alone, especially after the last time when his partner was killed in what was a botched mission. 

His boss goes looking for the perfect person for the job – in a high-security prison for women.  He figures she will do almost anything to get out, and of course, he’s never wrong.  Yes, we’re going to have one of those bosses.

And this girl, she’s more dangerous than a rattlesnake.