Win, Lose or Die (John Gardner's Bond Series) by John Gardner

Author:John Gardner [Gardner, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B008OYPZQ8
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2012-08-01T23:00:00+00:00

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name changed to Bassam Baradj, and it was as Baradj that he went out into the streets and hiding-holes of Europe and the

Middle East in search of converts. He had links with a number of disenchanted terrorists and. in turn, they had other links.

Baradj had always had an unhealthy interest in demonology. Now he used it to his own purpose and founded BAST,

dragging into his net the three very experienced people who would act as his staff - Saphii Boudai, Ali Al Adwan, and Abou

Hamarik. Bait for them was twofold. First, a blow of huge dimensions against the corrupt Superpowers, plus the United

Kingdom. Second, a very large financial gain which would, of course, assist the cause of true freedom everywhere. The

Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terrorism had a nice ring to it. but Baradj saw it as one of those meaningless titles that

would draw a certain type of person. His three lieutenants trawled the terrorist backwaters and, by the end of 1986, they had

over four hundred men and women on iheir books.

The Viper - Baradj - gave them the first orders. No member of BAST was to take part in any terrorist operation until he had

cleared it. He okayed several small bombings, just to get В AST's name on the map. But as far as the overall plan went, there

would be one, and only one, operation he would fund. This would take time to mature, but the returns would be enormous:

billions, maybe trillions, of dollars.

Bassam Baradj, cheapskate, big-time fraud merchant, buyer and seller extraordinary, spent the next years gaining information

with which he could prepare the plan he was about to play out on the international stage. When it was over. BAST could fall

apart for all he cared; for Baradj intended to take the proceeds, run, change his name, paper and possibly his face, with a little

help from a plastic surgeon. Now he was nearly at the most sensitive point in his operation, for he alone - outside of the tiny

circle of Navy and intelligence officers - knew the secret of what they called Stewards' Meeting. Apart from the dupe Petty

Officer whom his men had enlisted, Baradj had at leas! two agents aboard Invincible. One had provided the essential clue to

Stewards' Meeting, the other had people who would obey during ihe plot thai lay ahead. Once the clock began to run on his

operation. Baradj considered the entire business would take only forty-eight hours, maybe sixty al the outside, for the

Superpowers would cave in very quickly. After that. Baradj would cease to exist, and BAST would be penniless.

When he had abandoned Northanger. Baradj had gone to Rome for a couple of days. From Rome he flew into London.

Gatwiek as a transfer passenger to Gibraltar. There. Abou Hamarik. 'The Man', waited for him al that British home from home.

The Rock Hotel. For once the men did not exchange the BAST password, 'Health depends on strength' - a password taken very

seriously by all BAST members except Baradj who thought it to be gobbledegook. and

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