The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry

Author:Steve Berry
Language: pt
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-01-28T06:00:00+00:00

âśYou happen to know what that is?âť he asked.

Murad shook his head. âśI have no idea.âť

SAM CAME TO MEAGANâ™S DEFENSE. âśA

PPARENTLY, SHE DOESNâ™T need much proof of anything. Iâ™d say you being here is more than enough.âť

âśWell, well,âť Stephanie said. âśMr. Collins has finally started thinking like a Secret Service agent.âť

He did not appreciate her condescending attitude, but he wasnâ™t in a position to protest. She was rightâ”he did need to start using his brain. So he said, âśYouâ™ve been monitoring her website. Mine, too. God knows how many others. So there has to be something going on here. Something that has caught everyoneâ™s attention.âť

âśItâ™s simple,âť Stephanie said. âśWe want the members of this Paris Club in jail.âť

He didnâ™t believe her. âśThereâ™s more here than that, and you know it.âť

Stephanie Nelle did not answer him, which only reinforced what he believed. But he couldnâ™t blame her. No need to tell them anything more than was necessary.

He watched as people bundled to the cold kept streaming up from below on the stairs. More paraded in and out of elevators that rose through the open ironworks to the second platform. A boisterous lunch crowd entered the nearby restaurant. A frigid breeze eased through the brownish gray metal that spiderwebbed up all around them.

âśIf you want to be privy to that meeting tomorrow,âť Meagan said, âśI doubt youâ™re going to get any listening devices installed. My source tells me that the club sweeps their rooms clean before, during, and after meetings.âť

âśWe wonâ™t need them,âť Stephanie made clear.

Sam stared at her, and she returned his glare with a grin he did not like.

âśYou two ever waited tables?âť

FORTY

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LIZA WAS ACTUALLY ENJOYING HER LUNCH CONVERSATION with Henrik Thorvaldsen. He was an intelligent, quick-witted man who did not waste time on small talk. He seemed an eager listener, a person who absorbed facts, cataloged them in proper order, then swiftly drew conclusions.

Just like herself.

âśNapoleon realized,âť she said, âśthat war was good for society. Like nothing else, it mobilized his best thinkers to think better. He discovered that scientists were more creative when a threat was real. Manufacturing became more innovative and productive. The people more obedient. He discovered that the citizenry, if threatened, would allow just about any violation from government, so long as they were protected. But too much war is destructive. People will only tolerate so much, and his enemies made sure there was far more than he ever intended, and he ultimately lost all ability to govern.âť

âśI canâ™t see how war would ever be termed a good thing,âť Thorvaldsen said. âśThere are so many things wrong with it.âť

âśThere is death, destruction, devastation, waste. But war has always existed. How could something so utterly wrong continue to thrive? The answer is simple. War works. Manâ™s greatest technological achievements have always come as the result of war. Look at the last world conflict.

We learned to split the atom and fly in space, not to mention countless advances in electronics, science, medicine, engineering. All while we slaughtered one another on an unprecedented scale.

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