Godschild Covenant: Return of Nibiru by Marshall Masters

Author:Marshall Masters
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Publisher: Your Own World Books
Published: 2010-12-15T07:09:16.601000+00:00

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Allies Against Shiva

JEFFREY LEBLANC SEALED his private security dome and slipped on his VR gloves. Unlike the production models, his was the clunky looking prototype he'd used to develop his security patents. As with most inventive minds, it showed signs of tweaking and subtle modifications used to making it even more capable than the production models from which he derived a steady flow of handsome royalty payments. With a few quick flicks of his wrist, his HUD sparkled to life. As arranged, Pavel Sergeevich Lebedev also logged on using one of the security domes installed in the New Obninsk Centre in Russia. “Well, look at what the cat dragged in,” Jeffrey teased. “And a well-fed-looking cat at that. Nice to see some meat on those skinny bones of yours Pavel."

“Your charm and grace never fail to amaze me, Jeffrey,” Pavel tossed back with a friendly smile. “So how goes things on your side of the world these days?"

“Can't complain. The money keeps rolling in, and I'm making good progress on my Andrea quasill, although we've just about outgrown the biomass computer IBM loaned me."

Pavel chuckled. “No doubt you're all over them like white on rice, as you like to say."

“You betcha, and I'll get a bigger box too. I just need to sway their tight-fisted notions of cooperation a bit."

“I'm glad I'm not working for IBM. So, has the Andrea quasill created a physical persona for itself?"

“Not yet, but I've got her watching old movies. Your ideas on that were right on the money, Pavel. You saved me a lot of grief, you know."

“And you have done the same for me many times, old friend, but I asked you for this meeting today for a different reason. One that troubles me greatly, I might add. It is about your sister, Roxanne and her son."

Jeffrey cocked an eyebrow. “You've got a lead on my nephew, Russell?"

“Unfortunately not. I got an inside tip from a friend of mine who works at our intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service. He tells me that they've tracked a lot of intel traffic on you and traced it back to Geneva and Houston. These people are good at what they do, and from what we see, they seem to be concerned about how you're pushing the investigation of your sister's death and the disappearance of your nephew."

“I've tracked a bit of it myself, but frankly, I haven't paid much attention. Just figured it was the IRS or something up till now. So, why is the Russian FSB interested in me?"

“They're not. I'm interested in you. One of these days, I'll finally talk you into working for me. Besides, I fear that you are making some very powerful people nervous. These people play for keeps, my friend. May I make a suggestion?"

“Shoot."

“You use that word too loosely, my friend, because that, I'm afraid, is what could happen to you unless you step back from pushing the investigation, which our sources tell us has been blocked anyway.

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