Quantum Assault by Réal Laplaine

Author:Réal Laplaine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, crime, terrorism, espionage, canada, rcmp
Publisher: Asteroid Publishing, Inc.

Following another harrowing ride, combating the daunting and congested streets of Lagos - they arrived at a large white tent. Around them was a sea of make-shift huts, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Adeyemi led them into the tent where they observed a line of girls receiving injections.

‘Had you arrived one day later, you would have seen none of this, as today marks the end of the injection process,’ he announced with sublime pride.

‘How do you live with yourself knowing what you are doing to these girls?’

Adeyemi wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sweep of his large hand. He motioned to the ocean of poverty around them.

‘I know that all of this must seem strangely bizarre, possibly even inhumane from your perspective,’ he began. ‘But before you judge me, try to stand in our shoes for just a moment. Nigeria has over 170 million people, the 7th most populous nation in the world and six times the population of Canada. And yet, we are compacted into a land mass which could fit neatly into one tiny corner of Canada. Nigeria is a microcosm of what our world will look like in the next decade or two if global population growth continues unchecked.’

Keeno cast a glance at Jake who was discreetly videoing the conversation on the small phone hidden in the palm of his hand.

‘So all of this is based on some altruistic motive to save Nigeria and the world?’

Adeyemi disregarded the caustic tone of his remark. ‘We are taking a bold and aggressive step forward in order to control population growth. It is no longer a luxury which we can sit back and tolerate. We have no choice, we must stem it.’

‘Why does that make all of this justifiable?’

With evident disdain he answered, ‘Survival is not a moral issue, Mr. McCole, nor is it even an ethical one. Your moral compass in the west is dictated by an entirely different set of circumstances to ours. And believe me, that standard of morality which you flaunt from your high horse, will, in due time, change. When food is not so abundant, when natural resources have been exhausted, when millions of people are starving or disease spreads because of that surfeit of humanity – then you will see a different perspective.’

‘Nonetheless, mass sterilization is a crime,’ answered Keeno.

He waved him off dismissively, as he cast another disdainful glance toward the shantytown.

‘Even if the international community went up in arms against our program, would we be accused of violating human rights, or in fact, would we be seen as pioneers, averting the inevitable? Once again, Mr. McCole, you have the luxury of such morality in your world, but here in Nigeria we must be pragmatic.’

‘I appreciate the lesson in your philosophical rectitude, Adeyemi, but what are the perks for you personally?’

Adeyemi glared at Keeno when his mobile phone rang. He stepped away to engage the call.

Moments later, he returned. Something in his eyes, some definitive change in his attitude, alerted Keeno that the man was up to something.

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