By Jeffrey Archer
It turns out blameless adequate. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his in basic terms son. however the second Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he units into movement a perilous chain of occasions that threatens to shake the very foundations of the loose world.
Within days, Adam's lover is brutally murdered and he is working for his existence throughout the nice towns of Europe, pursued not just through the KGB, yet by means of the CIA and his personal countrymen in addition. Their universal purpose is to kill him ahead of the reality comes out. whereas robust males in smoke-filled rooms plot ever extra creative technique of destroying him, Adam unearths himself betrayed and deserted even by means of these he holds such a lot dear.
When finally he involves comprehend what he's in ownership of, he is much more decided to guard it, for it really is greater than a question of lifestyles and death-it's a question of honor.
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Adam tapped his jacket pocket nearly immediately to ensure the icon used to be nonetheless correctly in position. He pulled it out and studied Saint George and the Dragon. He became it over, hesitated, after which pressed the silver crown not easy. The icon break up in part like a publication, revealing tiny hinges at the within. He glanced up on the farmer’s spouse, who was once now wringing out his socks. Adam spotted his pants had already joined the trousers at the rack above the hearth. She got rid of an ironing board from a bit alcove by way of the part of the range and commenced to set it up, exhibiting no real interest in Adam’s discovery. once more he stared down on the within the open icon, which was once now laid flat at the desk in entrance of him. the real irony used to be that the lady urgent his trousers used to be capable of comprehend each note at the parchment whereas even as not able to give an explanation for its complete importance to him. the full floor of the interior of the icon used to be coated by means of a parchment, which used to be glued to the wooden and fell just a centimeter in need of the 4 edges. Adam swiveled it around in order that he may examine it extra essentially. The scrawled signatures in black ink on the backside and the seals gave it the glance of a felony rfile. On each one examining he realized whatever new. Adam have been shocked initially to find it was once written in French till he got here to the date at the bottom—20 June 1867—and then he remembered from his army historical past lectures at Sandhurst that lengthy after Napoleonic occasions such a lot overseas agreements remained performed in French. Adam started to reread the script back slowly. His French used to be now not more than enough to translate quite a lot of ordinary phrases from the finely handwritten scroll. lower than Etats-Unis William Seward’s daring hand was once scrawled throughout a crest of a two-headed eagle. subsequent to it was once the signature of Alexsander Gorchakov under a crown that reflected the silver decoration embedded at the back of the icon. Adam double-checked. It needed to be a few kind of contract achieved among the Russians and the american citizens in 1867. He then hunted for different phrases that might aid to provide an explanation for the importance of the rfile. On one line he pointed out the phrases “sept million, deux cent mille funds en or (7,2 million)” and on one other “sept cent douze million, huit cent mille cash en or (712,8 million), le 20 juin 1966. ” His eyes rested on a calendar putting by way of a nail from the wall. It used to be Saturday, June 18, 1966. If the date within the contract was once to be believed, then in just 3 days the rfile may not have any criminal validity. No ask yourself the 2 strongest international locations in the world appeared wanting to get their arms on it, proposal Adam. Adam learn during the rfile line by means of line, looking for any more clues, wondering over every one note slowly. His eyes got here to a halt at the one be aware that may stay an identical in either languages and required no translation. the single note he had no longer informed Lawrence. Adam puzzled how the icon had ever fallen into the fingers of Goering within the first position. He should have bequeathed it to his father unknowingly—for had he learned the genuine value of what used to be hidden contained in the icon, he may definitely were capable of discount for his personal freedom with both sides.