THE STONE THAT NEVER CAME DOWN by John Brunner

Author:John Brunner [Brunner, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The door of the apartment opened cautiously on a security-chain and a tremulous voice said, “What do you want?”

“Eileen! It’s me—Hector!”

“Oh, thank goodness! Come in!” Eileen, a pretty blonde looking very tired and miserable, released the chain. “I’m sorry, Habib isn’t here. I gather he found exactly what you wanted, and he’s left you a note. But he had to go out when they told us about the bombing.”

“You mean it actually went off?” Hector demanded. “No wonder we were diverted! That’s why we’re late.”

Locking the door again, Eileen stared at him. “But Regent’s Park is nowhere near your route, surely!”

“I think we must be talking about two different bombs,” Hector said slowly. “Why Regent’s Park?”

“Because they blew up the Islamic Cultural Centre, that’s why! Habib isn’t exactly devout, but when something like this happens… They think it was godhead work. At any rate there were bloody great crosses painted all over everywhere.”

She hesitated. “Look, forgive me, but I’m just going to hand over the note Habib left and turn you out again. I can’t stand company tonight. I want to sit by myself and—and cry my eyes out! It’s terrifying! The world feels as though we’re on a roller-coaster ride to Armageddon!”

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