This is a fantasy story set in a secondary world. The army in question is vaguely reminiscent of the Napoleonic army, but the country it belongs to is definitely and defiantly a republic (so - no nobles pulling rank ( Read more... )

Do you need to know how much a hitman costs to hire, or how much a human trafficker makes, but are afraid to google is because the NSA probably won't take it kindly? Do you wonder what a kidney goes for these days? Or illegally shot elephant ivory? Or do you just want a comparison between what prostitutes earn in various countries?

Never fear, ( Read more... )

What would someone like Al Mualim - yes, the one from Assassin's Creed - eat in the morning? Would it be something like the other Assassins would eat, or would it be something else ( Read more... )

I need a rifle for an assassination (strictly fictional, of course). Setting is real world, current day ( Read more... )

Hello all, this is my first post, so hopefully I'm doing this right...

Basically, I'm writing some fanfiction stories, and I'd like some help on writing them correctly.
I put the questions under a cut so it's easier to navigate, I hope that's okay. Please let me know if it's not.

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I am toying with a story about a sort of James Bond/Jason Bourne/etc. type character, but the more I think about the logistics of this guy really existing, the more I'm disturbed by my lack of ability to fact-check. Government agencies like the CIA, FBI, MI5, SIS, etc. all deny that they carry out assassinations, of course. What I really need is ( Read more... )

So, I have two questions ( Read more... )

I'm looking for information on the absorption of nicotine through the skin, specifically how long a dose remains in the body.

My story is set in England, 1919, and involves an assassin trying to win a bet; he must kill the hostess of a party, without being detected, in the middle of her speech at a dinner party.

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Wow, I just found this community today, and I'm just blown away by how knowledgeable everyone is, and how eager everyone is to help each other out.  I wish I'd known about this community earlier; would've saved me a lot of head-desking ( Read more... )

I've done a lot of weird research for a modern-day supernatural set novel that I've been working on for a while, but there's one thing that's still bothering me, and two that I need help with.

ONE. [Assassins ( Read more... )