Alpha Force 09: Black Gold by Chris Ryan

Author:Chris Ryan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780099482321
Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 2005-10-12T23:00:00+00:00

'Mara's accused of conspiracy to murder,' Hex reminded her. 'Anything goes. Anyway, their security is atrocious. I just had to find one code and I was past the firewall. Now I can go anywhere I want and I look like the systems administrator doing maintenance.' He took the machine back and hit a few keys. 'Read this.'

Amber took the screen. 'It's a speech.' She began to read. 'Ladies and gentlemen . . . First may I say . . . blah blah blah . . .'

'Carry on reading,' said Hex.

Amber's voice went down to a mutter as she skimmed the text. 'Blah blah . . . Oh.' She started reading the text out loud. 'We believe there are substantial reserves of oil off the south-west tip of Curaçao, reserves that will bring great prosperity to this island. But we recognize that with that comes great disruption too – and so I am here to promise you today that there will not be a centimetre of drilling, not a drop of oil harvested until all the proper consultation is . . . blah blah blah . . . This oil is your resource, in your environment, and while we want to get it out we want to do so responsibly.' Amber looked at Hex. 'But they had already started drilling.' She snorted. 'He's just a big fat cat liar. I hate them.'

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