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Covert One 5 - The Lazarus Vendetta, page 39
“Have you heard anything from Peter?” Randi asked in turn.
“I had a call from him last week,” Smith told her. “He’s back in retirement at his place in the Sierras. For good this time, he claims.”
She raised a skeptical eyebrow. “Do you believe him?”
He laughed. “Not really. I can’t imagine Peter Howell sitting idle on his front porch for very long.”
She looked across at Jon through slightly narrowed eyes. “What about you? Still playing spook for the Joint Chiefs? Or was it Army Intelligence this time?”
“I’m back at Fort Derrick, in my old post at USAMRIID,” Smith told her.
“Back to the infectious diseases grind?” Randi asked.
He shook his head. “Not exactly. We’re developing a program to monitor potentially hazardous nanotech R&D around the world.”
She stared at him.
“We stopped Nomura,” Smith told her quietly. “But now the genie’s out of the bottle. Someone else out there may try something similar—or equally destructive—someday.”
Randi shivered. “I’d hate to imagine that.”
He nodded somberly. “At least this time we know what to look for. Manufacturing biologically active nanodevices requires biochemical substances in large quantities—and those are substances we can track.”
She sighed. “Maybe we should just do what the Lazarus Movement wanted in the first place. Ban nanotech completely.”
Smith shook his head. “And lose out on all the potential benefits? Like curing cancer? Or wiping out pollution?” He shrugged. “It’s like any other advanced technology, Randi. Nothing more. How we use it—for good or ill —is up to us.”
“Now there’s the scientist in you talking,” she said drily.
“It’s what I am,” Smith said quietly. “Most of the time, anyway.”
“Right,” Randi replied with a wry grin. She relented. “Okay, Dr. Smith, you promised me dinner. Are you going to honor your promise?”
He sketched a bow and offered her his arm. “Never let it be said that I’m not a man of my word, Ms. Russell. Dinner is on me.”
Together, Jon and Randi turned and walked back toward his waiting car. Above them, the last clouds were drifting away, leaving behind a clear blue sky.
Table of Contents
Covert One 5 - The Lazarus Vendetta
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Robert, Ludlum,, Covert One 5 - The Lazarus Vendetta
