Digging the Golden Fungus: The SwiftPad Insurgency

Lee Barckmann

Oct 2020 · The Swiftpad Trilogy Book 2 · Barckwords Publishing

About this ebook

THE SWIFTPAD INSURGENCY, the second book in the SwiftPad trilogy, follows the founders and original crew of the Portland-based social media application SwiftPad. Nate Schuette, who wrote a sensational novel thirty years earlier (see Barckmann’s novel Farewell the Dragon), shows up in Portland with Paula Flayer, his promiscuous seventy-five-year-old girlfriend who has not physically aged since her late twenties. But Ben Cadez, former Nixon operative and Paula’s one-time lover, also wields the power of the youth-preserving Golden Fungus and is now a Republican Candidate for President. They are all in the crosshairs of a deranged and corrupt President, and Portland must decide whether to co-op or fight.

About the author

Lee was born and raised in the small Jersey Shore town of Barnegat NJ. Parents, Bill and Doris (Jones) RIP. Two younger sisters, Laura and Liza. Moved to North Jersey suburb (1964), ran track and cross country. . Went to University of Kansas, graduated (1973), degrees in Economics and History. Worked in various capacities as laborer, heavy equipment operator, and Land Surveyor (1977). Worked in a Civil Engineering office, managing business. Wrote articles, grant writer of social service agency, and progressive "election mechanic" (Eugene Oregon). Went to China, (1984) as English teacher in Xian Medical college. The following year moved to Beijing to teach at Foreign Language Institute. Returned to the US (1987). Son Zachary born. Started a career in IT in a strip mall computer store. Worked for various companies and organizations as technical lead in various IT specialties, (networking, software development, computer security, systems management) Retired from IBM (2014). Presently full time author and grandfather .