Legacy: An Event Group Thriller by David L. Golemon

Author:David L. Golemon [Golemon, David L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Origin, Human Beings - Origin, Outer Space - Exploration, Action & Adventure, Moon, Moon - Exploration, Quests (Expeditions), Human Beings, Event Group (Imaginary Organization), General, Exploration, Science Fiction, Suspense, Adventure, War & Military, Thrillers, Suspense Fiction, Fiction, Outer Space
ISBN: 9780312580797
Google: ERDrXluaxRQC
Amazon: 0312580797
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-08-16T07:00:00+00:00

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.

The phone was brought in while the president was being poked and prodded by three different physicians. Two of them he was sure were not even out of medical school yet. He had already made an appearance at the window, closely hemmed in by no fewer than six Secret Service agents, and then had made a sorrowful call to the families of the agents who had lost their lives in the attack, and to the widow of his national security advisor. Now he was about to do something he never thought he would do—make a plea for sanity to the chairman of the People’s Republic of China.

“Mr. Chairman,” the president said once the connection had been made. He looked over at the secretary of state, who was listening in with the official interpreter. The secretary waited for the chairman to speak to verify it was truly he on the phone.

The conversation started out in Chinese and then the interpreter translated. The secretary of state nodded his head—it was indeed the seventy-nine-year-old chairman on the other end.

“Mr. President, it is so very good to hear your voice, and to learn that you are safe. You have the wishes of good health from myself and the people of my nation.”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is very kind of you to say and to accept my call at this very late hour.”

“Not at all, I was awakened for the spectacular double launch your nation has planned. You can call it a natural curiosity on my part to see if the same evil befalls an American attempt as it has so many others in the past few days.”

The president caught the innuendo, one that in political speak fell just short of an accusation. He chose to move forward instead of arguing with the old chairman.

“Mr. Chairman, I have called to express my sincere desire for a more cooperative approach to what has happened on the surface of the Moon. As you have seen, the attacks on all nations attempting this endeavor have met with a force of unknown assailants that will stop at nothing to see that we all fail.”

The American interpreter voiced the president’s words and then there was a long silence on the other end of the line.

“Mr. President, I see no reason for my nation to be bullied by the West. I am afraid those days are long past. We do not frighten as easily as you may think. Our spacecraft, the Magnificent Dragon, is well on its way. Once the landing has been accomplished, I see no reason why we cannot be cooperative in the findings of the mission. However, I must insist that our mission to the lunar surface not be interfered with by any nation, just as your monopoly of space was ignored by my own for so many years.”

“Speaking man-to-man, Mr. Chairman, I find the situation had started out wrong. I truly wish for—”

The interpreter looked embarrassed as the leader of the People’s Republic cut the president short.

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