Trial and Execution of George VI by Iain Fraser & Grigor

Author:Iain Fraser & Grigor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Scotland, thriller, cocaine, Royal Family, golf, Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, Eilean Shona, Special Operations Executive, American
ISBN: 9781849890465
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2011
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

15.

By the early hours of the morning, it was clear that there had been some sort of general rising throughout large parts of the country. Presbyterians Daniels had seized the south side of Edinburgh. The centre of the country had fallen to armed bands of republicans. There has been some sort of rising in Glasgow too. Popular Guards had seized the city and declared it under their control. It was not yet clear what had happened elsewhere.

Kelly said that the upheaval would make collection of the cocaine difficult. They had less than forty eight hours before the shipment came in. Nobody would wait for them if they were late at the rendezvous.

Their car was a Militia Daimler, a semi-military machine with spare cans of fuel strapped all round it. They took it from the ruins of the Zoocamp and drove west, through trim suburbs in the direction of Glasgow. Corstorphine Road had been cleared of snow by Militia bulldozers: one had been shot-up by insurgents and lay wrecked in the front door of a National Commercial bank. There were no street lights of any kind, and Kelly drove without headlights. In the trim bungalows, no lights were to be seen either. At the Corstorphine roundabout it became clear that there was fighting ahead. Just beyond the junction they were halted at a roadblock manned by a Popular Guard. A partisan, heavily armed, said the Guards were under orders from the city’s factory council to stop all traffic. There was heavy fighting around the airport.

Kelly said, “I thought you were Daniels”.

“Not them”, the worker scoffed. “They have the south of the city and we have the west. Militia forces and some Regular military are still holding on in the north and around Leith. The Protectorate has the whole east of the city too, and they control the main rail line into Waverley. We’re trying to take the airport by daybreak. And they are trying to evacuate as many of their top people as fast as they can”.

The partisan pointed into the sky and the hot roar of a heavy aircraft could be heard somewhere above them and to the west.

“What’s happening elsewhere?”, Kelso asked.

“We don’t know for sure”, the worker said. “The Triple Alliance called another general strike. Then it was cancelled. The radio has been off the air since last night. There has been rioting all over England. There is fighting going on for control of some of the big cities in the north. Some people say Wales is in our hands as well. But nobody is sure of anything”.

The night sky shook again as a very heavy aircraft began its take-off run beyond the woods. The thundering seemed to go on for a long time: and then the thunder slowly began to climb and head north towards the Forth. But it was still too dark to see anything, and the plane showed no lights.

“Where are you going anyway?”, the partisan asked.

Kelly said, “Argyll”.

The partisan said, “Well, you will need luck.

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