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13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy
L. A. Starks
What could spike gasoline prices even higher?
Brown Books
May 2006
On Sale: May 15, 2006
Featuring: Lynn Dayton; Robert Guillard
347 pages
ISBN: 1933285451
EAN: 9781933285450
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A rogue force controlling the planet’s oil supply would
hold a knife to its throat. The planet’s refineries, where
oil becomes gasoline, may be an easier grab. Lynn Dayton, 37, self-made refining executive, manages six
vast complexes that transform oil into gasoline. Robert
Guillard, 33, a suave Parisian intellectual believes, as did
the cult around Pythagoras, that his genius confers moral
authority. He directs the sabotage of US refineries, one by
one. But his financing from an Asian refining cartel
terminates in thirteen days unless he produces massive
shutdowns. Robert schemes to coerce Lynn into collaborating as he
pursues his outwardly humanitarian goal of building
refineries in Third World countries. If she refuses, he will
hold hostage her sister, Ceil Dayton, 30, whom he has lured
to Paris. Ceil, in turn, hides a brutal secret. An industrial accident at Lynn’s troubled Houston refinery
arouses her suspicions. Government officials conclude
routine negligence caused the accident, but her own
investigation leads Lynn to suspect sabotage. Threats to Lynn’s life intensify. Desperate for the safety
of her co- workers, whom she considers in greater danger,
she works cease- lessly to find the real cause of the
"accident" and the saboteur. Although her company security
force notifies the FBI of her suspicions, the bureau
considers her facts inadequate to justify adding resources.
Within a few days, explosions and fires at nearby refineries
claim victims. The resulting fuel shortage affects the lives
of everyone in North America. Then Lynn is kidnapped. She fights for her life on a catwalk
above a storage tank of hot, sulfurous oil and escapes. Deciphering the full extent of Robert’s scheme, she flies to
Paris. But will she be in time to derail Robert’s plans and
save her sister?
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