The Bible of Clay by Julia Navarro by Navarro Julia

Author:Navarro, Julia [Navarro, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Amazon: B01I26S276
Goodreads: 160102692
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2005-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Alfred Tannenberg strode out of the hospital with a firm, brisk step. He'd been admitted seven days ago and his health was undeniably shaky, but he couldn't allow anyone to see that. Humans, like other animals, sensed weakness in others, and when they did, they knew they could attack.

The conversation he'd just had with his doctor had left no doubt: He had until spring at the latest.

The doctor was hesitant about giving him an exact time frame, but Tannenberg had pressured him and determined that if he lived until March, he'd have beaten the odds. He had to use every minute of the time he had left to secure Clara's future.

He would stay on in Cairo for a few days to put his affairs in order and then go back to Iraq. He was going to surprise his granddaughter and join her in Safran for the time being, to stay near her, until they were told they had to leave the area. Leave the country, actually, and they would do so together—if he lived that long. That was why he needed Ahmed. Because Tannenberg knew full well that once he died, Clara would have no one—she'd need someone who loved her to keep her safe. He paid his men to protect her, but as soon as he was gone they would abandon her to her fate unless someone else took charge. He didn't care whether Ahmed and Clara divorced, but they'd have to do it after they both left Iraq.

Alfred had never doubted that Ahmed would agree to the deal: first, because he wouldn't want to hurt Clara in any way and he knew that leaving her in Iraq was sentencing her to death; second, because opposing Alfred's wishes would be signing his own death warrant; third, and perhaps most important, because he was going to receive a very great deal of money for this last job. Yes, Ahmed would do what he was expected to do. And that was why Alfred Tannenberg had ordered him to make arrangements to stay in Safran from February on. Robert Brown, via Mike Fernandez, had sent him reliable information: The attack was to come in March.

A few days later, Alfred was back in Baghdad, on his way to the

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