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Chuck Van Soye

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Born

in Bridgeport, CT, The United States

Website

http://bretleeseries.com

Twitter

@thechinaoilplot

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Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Member Since

June 2012

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A retiree from an engineering, sales and marketing career, Chuck now relaxes in the culture-rich, laid-back resort city of Key West, FL, where as an officer of the Key West Writers Guild, he actively fellowships with several dozen other published writers on a week-to-week basis.
Ghost of Africa’s heroic protagonist, Bret Lee, also comes alive in two of Chuck’s other fictional thrillers, American for Sale, (2016) and Spy Mates, (2013). His followers also enjoy his fiction in the humorous urban fantasy, Young Again…and Again…and Again, (2014). These retirement-era books, all offered on Amazon, culminate years of professional work immersed in nonfiction as a McGraw-Hill editor and writer, the founding editor of DuPont’s monthly “Journal of T ...more

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	You Can Be a Software Architect by Bett Correa, Chuck Van Soye (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kenneth Lemieux (Illustrator) 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The China Oil Plot: Operation Ace in the Hole 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American for Sale: The Demise of ISIS 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Renewables 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost of Africa 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engineer Your Perfect Child by Bett Correa, Chuck Van Soye (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Russil Tamsen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spy Mates: Operation Ace In the Hole it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Again .... and Again ... and Again it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pondering Life's Imponderables 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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There is probably no other nation that has a greater stake in replacing the just-deceased leader of Venezuela with “the right man” than China. China stands to lose much if the “wrong man” becomes the new leader, a man that’s not friendly to continuing to supply vast quantities of the wealth of raw materials beneath the nation’s surface. China is the recipient of millions of barrels of oil monthl

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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1)

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