The Ascendant by Peter Parkin

Author:Peter Parkin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sands Press
Published: 2019-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

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After they cleared away his dishes, Linc pushed the magic buttons, transforming his first class seat into a first class bed. Across the aisle from him in the adjacent pod, his escort did the same thing. Some guy by the name of Horst, a combination bodyguard and translator provided by Meagan and Bob.

Linc closed his eyes and thought back over the meeting in his office a couple of days ago.

He’d learned a lot.

His ego had been reinforced by knowing that he was thought of as superior, although that really wasn’t a surprise to him. But he still needed to hear it once in a while, and he was pretty certain Meagan and Bob knew he needed to hear it. Clever of them, and all part and parcel of their desire to manipulate him.

He’d also learned who his handlers really were. Part of a mysterious clan called the Aufsteigen Group. Inspired by the objective of an ascension. And he was their ascendant. Linc liked the sound of that. He wanted to know more, but from the reaction of Meagan and Bob, he knew that at least for now that was all he’d be permitted to know.

Well, if they got him to the White House, he was fine with it. They could control him until then, but after that he figured he’d be able to break out and be his own guy. He’d be the most powerful man in the world. How much control did they really think they’d have over him then? As far as he was concerned, the Aufsteigen Group could then go find someone else to manipulate. He’d play along in the meantime.

Right now, he was en route to Buenos Aires, Argentina. An eleven-hour flight from Dallas, and a loss of two hours on the time difference when he arrived. He and Horst would stay at a hotel in the city that night, catch up on the jet lag, then head out for a long drive across the country. A sixteen-hour trek to some godforsaken place called Salta, in the far northwestern corner of Argentina. It actually would have been faster to fly to Chile, and then drive from there to Salta, but Meagan felt that security was better if they simply stayed within Argentina. He didn’t know what she meant by that.

Linc closed his eyes and began to ponder who this mystery man was that he would be meeting. Meagan said that he was not part of Aufsteigen, but that he was aware of the group and supported it. She told him he was a very old man. Linc asked how old, but, she didn’t answer him.

He tried to pin her down on why this visit to a very old man in Argentina was so important. She was vague, saying only that he was spiritual inspiration to Aufsteigen and that Linc would find him motivating. Now that Linc was poised to take over the reins of the United States government, meeting this wise old man would be an important step, and the timing was right.

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