Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days by Lahaye Tim & Jenkins Jerry B

Author:Lahaye, Tim & Jenkins, Jerry B. [Lahaye, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Christian, General, Science Fiction, Fiction, Religious, Futuristic
ISBN: 9781414334905
Publisher: Tyndale House Books
Published: 2011-03-01T08:00:00+00:00

Steve pulled from his breast pocket two sets of press credentials, permitting the bearers to attend Nicolae Carpathia’s speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations that very afternoon. Buck’s credentials were in the name of George Oreskovich.

“Do I take care of you, or what?”

“Unbelievable,” Buck said. “How much time do we have?”

“A little over an hour,” Steve said, rising to hail a cab. “And like I said, he wants to meet you.”

“He reads, doesn’t he? He’s got to think I’m dead.”

“I suppose. But he’ll remember me from this morning, and I’ll be able to assure him it will be just as valuable for him to be interviewed by George Oreskovich as by the legendary Cameron Williams.”

“Yeah, but Steve, if he’s like the other politicians I know, he’s hung up on image, on high-profile journalists. Like it or not, that’s what I’ve become. How are you going to get him to settle for an unknown?”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll tell him it’s really you. Then, while you’re with him, I’ll release the report that your obit was wrong and that right now you’re doing a cover-story interview with Carpathia.”

“A cover story? You’ve come a long way from calling him a low-level bureaucrat from a nonstrategic country.”

“I was at the press conference, Buck. I met him. And I can at least gauge the competition. If we don’t feature him prominently, we’ll be the only national magazine that doesn’t.”

“Like I say, if he’s like the typical politician—”

“You can put that out of your mind, Buck. You’re going to find this guy the farthest thing you’ve ever seen from the typical politician. You’re going to thank me for getting you the exclusive interview with him.”

“I thought that was his i.e. because of my colossal name,” Buck said, smiling.

“So? I could have turned him down.”

“Yeah, and been the executive editor of the only national magazine that fails to cover the most exciting new face to visit the States.”

“Believe me, Buck,” Steve said during the ride to the U.N. building, “this is going to be a refreshing change from the doom and gloom we’ve been writing and reading for days.”

The two used their press credentials to get in, but Buck hung back out of sight of his colleagues and the competition until all were seated in the General Assembly. Steve held a seat for him in the back, where he would not draw attention when he slipped in at the last minute. Meanwhile, Steve would use his cell phone to call in the story of Buck’s reappearance, so it would hit the news by the end of the day.

Carpathia entered the assembly in a dignified yet inauspicious manner, though he had an entourage of a half dozen, including Chaim Rosenzweig and a financial wizard from the French government. Carpathia appeared an inch or two over six feet tall, broad shouldered, thick chested, trim, athletic, tanned, and blond. His thick shock of hair was trimmed neatly around the ears, sideburns, and neck, and his navy-on-navy pinstripe suit and matching tie were exquisitely conservative.

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