The Project Eden Thrillers Box Set 2: Books 4 - 6 (Ashes, Eden Rising, & Dream Sky) by Brett Battles

Author:Brett Battles [Battles, Brett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

ASH WAS THE last to climb into the vehicle.

“How are you both doing?” Matt asked, once they were all seated and the door was closed.

“Better than I was last week,” Ash said.

Matt looked at Chloe. It seemed to take her a moment before she realized he was waiting for her to respond.

“Uh, worse than I was last week.”

Matt studied them, as if assessing his next words. “I’m considering taking a little detour before heading to Nevada.”

“Detour where?” Ash asked.

“New Mexico.”

“I assume there’s a reason why.”

Another pause, briefer this time. “As you know, in the past, we were able to get some of our people placed inside Project Eden, to help us know what was going on.”

“Didn’t really do a lot of good, did it?” Chloe said.

It looked for a moment as if Matt would snap at her, but the tension in his face quickly disappeared and he sighed. “No, you’re right. It didn’t help us stop them before. But that could change now.”

“What do you mean?” Ash asked.

“Project Eden may have altered the course of human history, but I’ll be damned if I allow them to direct which way we go next. What you two did at Bluebird was a big step in that direction.”

“We failed at Bluebird,” Ash said.

“Yes, the virus was still released, but you eliminated the Project’s directorate, and that was not a failure. With the directorate gone, a new set of leaders should have been put in place.”

“What do you mean, should have?” Chloe asked. “They seem to still be operating pretty damn effectively.”

“The Project has always functioned under a group-leadership model, with one person acting as principal director,” Matt said. “This director is supposed to work in concert with the other directors. If it hadn’t been for this structure, they would have never made it this far. When it became apparent that the directorate at Bluebird was gone, procedures were put into motion to form a new directorate. Only, apparently, what happened is that the new principal director hijacked the process, and turned the set of directors below him into a rubber stamp committee.

“Right now, the bulk of the Project is operating exactly as planned. As soon as they have eliminated the survivors they feel are unnecessary, they’ll unite the remaining population and start the final phase—the next coming of man, if you will. But instead of the whole directorate deciding things, it will be just this one man.”

“A dictatorship,” Ash said.

“Exactly.” Matt frowned. “I’m not saying I’d be happier if a committee was running things. As long as Project Eden is in charge, it doesn’t matter to me who’s calling the shots.” He paused. “What does matter, though, is the opportunity this presents to us. What happened at Bluebird was a rare thing. Having the full directorate in the same facility at the same time was an act of arrogance. If they had lived through Implementation Day, we would have never seen them all in one place like that again. It made them vulnerable, and they paid the price.

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