The Cobweb is Stephen Bury's second novel. Steven Bury is a pseudonymous author representing the team of Neal Stephenson and his uncle, J. Frederick George. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ...

A thought-provoking thriller set in the tense moments of the Gulf War. When Clyde Banks, an Iowan Deputy with a newborn baby and a wife in the Gulf, starts looking into odd events in his town, he discovers a plot involving a new Triangle Trade of terrorists, chemical warfare, and training. Mixing the events staged in Washington, D.C. and those happening in the Gulf, a strange thread of deceit appears to be winding its way back to Iowa. Although fictional in its narrative, the story includes appearances by Tariq Aziz and George H. W. Bush. Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders General Norman Schwarzkopf, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Strength Casualties The 1991 Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... Terrorism is the unconventional use of violence for political gain. ... Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy. ... Location in the United States of America Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Tariq Aziz, also Tareq Aziz (Arabic طارق عزيز) (b. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born in Milton, Massachusetts, June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ...

The novel is set in the fictional Iowa twin towns of Wapsipinicon-Nishnabotna, named for the Wapsipinicon River and Nishnabotna River. In what may be a small hommage to this, there is a scene in the webcomic Wapsi Square - in one strip, a character is seen attending a "Wapsipinicon DMV" office. The Wapsipinicon River (locally known as the Wapsi) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 225 mi (362 km) long, in northeastern Iowa in the United States. ... The Nishnabotna River is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... Wapsi Square is a webcomic by Paul Pablo Taylor, about the eccentric lives and relationships of a group of neighbors from the fictional square of the title, in Taylors home town of Minneapolis. ...