Wyman Ford
Encyclopedia
Wyman Ford is a fictional character found in many of the solo novels by American
author
Douglas Preston
.
for several years, all prior to his first appearance in literature. His wife was also a CIA agent, but she was killed when a car they were in during a stakeout in Cambodia was bombed. Ford became depressed and spent some time in a Benedictine monastery (The Monastery of Christ in the Desert
) near Tewa-Towa Pueblo and Jicarilla Apache
country in the American Southwest. Eventually, after 30 months, he left the monastery and started his own private investigation firm.
The events in Tyrannosaur Canyon
occur during his time in the monastery and the events in Blasphemy
mark the first assignment of his investigation agency. Ford's investigative work continues in Impact
.
Wyman Ford is a devout Catholic, though he has struggled with his faith since the death of his wife.
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author
Author
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Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston is an American author who has written seventeen popular techno-thriller and horror novels, four alone and the rest with Lincoln Child...
.
Background
Ford was an agent in the Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
for several years, all prior to his first appearance in literature. His wife was also a CIA agent, but she was killed when a car they were in during a stakeout in Cambodia was bombed. Ford became depressed and spent some time in a Benedictine monastery (The Monastery of Christ in the Desert
Monastery of Christ in the Desert
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery belonging to the English Province of the Subiaco Congregation of Benedictine monasteries....
) near Tewa-Towa Pueblo and Jicarilla Apache
Jicarilla Apache
Jicarilla Apache refers to the members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation currently living in New Mexico and speaking a Southern Athabaskan language...
country in the American Southwest. Eventually, after 30 months, he left the monastery and started his own private investigation firm.
The events in Tyrannosaur Canyon
Tyrannosaur Canyon
Tyrannosaur Canyon is a 2005 novel by Douglas Preston. The story revolves around the search for a mysterious item buried in the New Mexico desert.-Plot summary:The novel opens with a lunar find by the Apollo 17 astronauts, which is suppressed....
occur during his time in the monastery and the events in Blasphemy
Blasphemy (novel)
-Plot summary:Isabella, a powerful particle accelerator has been constructed in Red Mesa in the remote Arizona desert, the most expensive machine ever built by science. A team of scientists under the direction of a charismatic Nobel Laureate, Gregory North Hazelius, experience trouble, and the...
mark the first assignment of his investigation agency. Ford's investigative work continues in Impact
Impact (novel)
-Plot summary:Wyman Ford returns to investigate a mysterious source of gemstones and instead uncovers evidence of an unusual impact crater. Weaving seemingly separate stories of Wyman Ford's engagement by the government to investigate a meteorite's crater in Cambodia, a Mars Mission scientist's...
.
Wyman Ford is a devout Catholic, though he has struggled with his faith since the death of his wife.
Education
- Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of ArtsA Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in AnthropologyAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
from Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... - Masters Degree in Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... - DoctorateDoctorateA doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
in CyberneticsCyberneticsCybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
from Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
Appearances in literature
- Tyrannosaur CanyonTyrannosaur CanyonTyrannosaur Canyon is a 2005 novel by Douglas Preston. The story revolves around the search for a mysterious item buried in the New Mexico desert.-Plot summary:The novel opens with a lunar find by the Apollo 17 astronauts, which is suppressed....
(2005) - BlasphemyBlasphemy (novel)-Plot summary:Isabella, a powerful particle accelerator has been constructed in Red Mesa in the remote Arizona desert, the most expensive machine ever built by science. A team of scientists under the direction of a charismatic Nobel Laureate, Gregory North Hazelius, experience trouble, and the...
(2008) - ImpactImpact (novel)-Plot summary:Wyman Ford returns to investigate a mysterious source of gemstones and instead uncovers evidence of an unusual impact crater. Weaving seemingly separate stories of Wyman Ford's engagement by the government to investigate a meteorite's crater in Cambodia, a Mars Mission scientist's...
(2010)