The Watcher by Saxon Andrew

Author:Saxon Andrew [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-03-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Graham looked up at Milly Stevens and she said, “We’ve been able to track down all the electronic sources being used to monitor our communications.”

“And?”

“We’re taking them and their links out on the date you’ve given me.”

“Are you sure you found all of them?”

“We have everyone they’ve used in the past.”

“How were you able to find them Milly?”

“The Maxcomputer was invaluable in finding them. We’ve developed a new virus that will be sent on the electronic connections of those sources and it will effectively destroy them.”

“Who developed that virus?”

“Eric Mandel and the Maxcomputer.”

“The power of that computer is disconcerting,” Graham remarked.

“It’s getting more powerful as more data is downloaded; however, we wouldn’t have been capable of tracking them down without it.” Milly shrugged, “I guess it’s a necessary tool in the current state of our dealing with the Opposition.”

Graham nodded and said, “Thank you for the update. Keep me informed if anything changes.”

Milly nodded, “I will.” She turned and left Graham’s office. He thought about the new technology that was coming out of the new computer and worried. The devices designed to take out the missile satellites were designed in part by the new computer. He blew out a breath and wondered how the Opposition would respond to what was coming. It was like being caught between a rock and a hard place; damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Leaving those missile satellites over the country really wasn’t an option. But what would happen if they were removed? That was an issue hanging over them.

• • •

Nicole and Charles spent the next week discussing Alexander and the civilizations on the eastern side of the Mediterranean, until Nicole asked, “Did you fight with Alexander’s army?”

“No, our ethics prevent me from killing except in extreme circumstances. I took a support position cooking for the warriors.”

“What prompted you to leave?”

Charles smiled, “The computer informed me that a new civilization in Italy was going to war with Carthage.” Nicole’s head tilted. “I visited Carthage for a short time, and I have to tell you, they were sailors extraordinaire. They traded with places around Africa and into West Asia. There were Merchant Princes in that city whose wealth was staggering. Carthage was one of the most powerful cities in the then known world. Hearing that a new civilization in Italy was going to war with them was extremely interesting. I left the Middle East and went looking for this new civilization.”

“You’re talking about the Romans?”

“Yes. And in a relatively short period of time, that city became the world’s most powerful. In less than five hundred years after the city’s first appeared, it conquered an area that far surpassed anything Alexander ever did. To use a current phrase, the Romans didn’t play.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“When a Roman Army invaded a new territory, they would approach the first city and would call on the city to surrender. If the city refused, they would lay siege to the city. Once the city

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