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2025: Q is out of MI6 . . . . and in over his head
Quantum of Menace
What you need to know before your trail
After Major Boothroyd (aka Q) is unexpectedly ousted from his role with British Intelligence developing technologies for MI6’s 00 agents, he finds himself back in his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. His childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a cryptic note. The police seem uninterested, but Q feels compelled to investigate and soon discovers that Napier’s ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces . . . Can Q decode the truth behind Napier’s death, even as danger closes in?
Locations
Reset- England - London, "Wickstone-on-Water"
- E: Cotswolds - Bourton on the Water
- F: Essex - Coggeshall
- G: Shropshire - Ludlow
Travel Guide
“Wickstone-on-Water”
The author says:
London
In London, there are three key locations that appear in the novel. The first is Q’s home in Kennington, just a stone’s throw from the Oval Cricket Ground. I’m a cricket nut, so this was a no brainer. The second location is University College London, where Q visits the Quantum Sciences institute and the Centre for Future Crime. The third location is the headquarters of MI6 (aka the Secret Intelligence Service) in Vauxhall,
“Wickstone-on-Water”
A mix of a few places (seen on the map)
“Once upon a time Wickstone had constituted a handful of farms and a chapel, a little blister of civilisation surrounded by deep forest. A royal charter had established an open-air market in the centre of town sometime back in the 1200s. A few hundred souls – and as many pigs – soon grew into the sort of market town enterprise England did so well, cosseted in a bubble of gentility, sheltered from the ravages of change by a timeless inertia. All gone now.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Quantum of Menace
Destination/location: London, “Wickstone-on-Water” Author/guide: Vaseem Khan Departure Time: 2025
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