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13 DAYS: THE PYTHAGORAS CONSPIRACY
By: 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 planetβs oil supply would hold a knife to its throat. The planetβs 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 Lynnβs 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 Lynnβs 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 Robertβs scheme, she flies to Paris. But will she be in time to derail Robertβs plans and save her sister?
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