The Snows of Montora (The Chronicles of Montora Book 3) by Ward Wagher

Author:Ward Wagher [Wagher, Ward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paris Mountain Press
Published: 2013-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

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"All right, Mister, would you mind explaining to me precisely what you hoped to achieve by taking over a Navy cruiser, and brigging half its crew?” Krause's face was bright red, and the veins on his neck stood out in relief against his skin.

Frank stepped up close to Krause. "Let me repeat myself, slowly and distinctly, so even an admiral can understand what I am saying. Rogers Cambaert tried to hijack my ship so he could help himself to the Woogie treasure."

"I don't believe that for a minute. Commander Cambaert is a twenty year Navy veteran. I know he can be prickly at times, but if he is capable of something like this, who else in the Navy can we trust?"

Frank just looked at the admiral.

"Come on, Frank. This just doesn't make sense."

"Listen, Admiral. He waited until we had stopped for our bearing shot, and suddenly announced he had discovered anomalies that made him suspicious. He ordered us to heave to for inspection. When Charlie Schubach started spinning up his drives, Cambaert cleared for action. Doesn't that seem just a little odd to you?"

"Frank, why is it every time we meet, I feel like you have tracked something across the carpeting?"

"You did isolate the boarding party for interrogation, didn't you?" Frank asked.

"Yes, yes, yes," Krause ground out. "I believe you, Frank. It's just that these kind of adventures seem to follow you around."

"I would like very much to have a normal, dull, boring, uneventful life, Admiral. You wouldn't believe the sewer rats I've run into on New Stockholm. And let's not even talk about Hepplewhite."

"The boarding party is talking," Krause said. "We don't know who tipped off Cambaert, but he promised the boarding party wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Cambaert's not talking, so we don't know if he's been looking for an opportunity, or if this was a spur of the moment thing."

"So why are you giving me the third degree?"

"Because you got the Woogies involved. We now have to have a full trial and all of the attendant publicity. And let me tell you we don't need that."

"I would think that would discourage other people from trying it."

"Actually it would not. All it does is get people thinking about it, and the next guy will think he's smart enough to get away with it. But that's not my concern."

"Oh. So this is one of your interstellar political calculation things, right?"

"You just shut your mouth, Frank!" Krause flared. "You have no idea how big this is, how serious things are becoming."

"Willard." Carlo Roma said quietly. He had been sitting quietly in the corner of the captain's ready room on the Lockhurst as Frank and Willard Krause argued.

Krause looked over at Roma, then visibly shook himself. He turned back to Frank. "I apologize, Frank. You handled this about as well as anybody could. And you did it without killing anybody, which is amazing in and of itself. I'm just angry because I cannot personally strangle Rogers Cambaert."

"That I can understand," Frank said.

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