Abuse of Power - Michael Savage [146]
Despite his disappointments, despite the lumps he took to get here, Jack couldn’t imagine a better life.
He was in the city he cherished, close to people he cared for and who cared for him, with all the material things he needed—and what, after all, could matter more than that?
Well, there was one thing. And he vowed to do something about that.
* * *
Six months after the showdown on the bridge, on a cold Friday night in London, the body of Adam Swain was found by a girlfriend in his apartment near Westminster. He had been strapped to a chair by an unknown assailant, his body covered with burns that were determined to have been made by the application of an electric baton.
For several hours, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Coincidentally, on that same night, the imam of a local mosque, Faakhir Zuabi, was found dead in his office, a .22 caliber bullet hole in his forehead.
Neither of the murders was ever solved.
The following day, two men boarded a plane at Heathrow and flew into Ben Gurion International with a group of their fellow Chabad-Lubavitcher Chasids.
Their names were Rabbi Mel Neershum and Jacob Samuel Heshowitz.
They spent the next few days visiting with the Reb’s cousin Ohad before returning to San Francisco. But before they left, Jack and Sara and Reb, each at the same time, went to his own church or mosque or temple and prayed.
All of them prayed to God.
To the same God.
Acknowledgments
I want to thank Jeff Rovin for his brilliant suggestions in shaping aspects of this story. To my editors at St. Martin’s Press, Charles Spicer and Yaniv Soha, thank you for your eagle eyes. And my agent, Ian Kleinert, deserves a bucket of stardust for bringing it all together.
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About the Author
Dr. Michael Savage is a multimedia icon in the conservative movement. The Telegraph in the U.K. ranked him as one of the most influential conservatives in the United States, and with 10 million weekly listeners, the Berkeley Ph.D. is the third most-listened-to conservative talk-show host. Recently featured in The New Yorker and Playboy, Dr. Savage is the author of twenty-five books, including four New York Times bestsellers. His media presence and profile earned him the coveted Freedom of Speech Award from Talkers magazine in 2007.
Dr. Savage holds a master’s degree in medical botany and a second in medical anthropology. Additionally, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in epidemiology and nutrition sciences. He is an ardent conservationist, is dedicated to his family, and is a proud patriot of his country. Visit his Web site at www.michaelsavage.wnd.com.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
ABUSE OF POWER. Copyright © 2011 by Michael Savage. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Savage, Michael, 1942–
Abuse of power / Michael Savage. — 1st ed.
p. cm
e-ISBN 9781429995818
1. Reporters and reporting—Fiction. 2. Terrorism—Prevention—Fiction. 3. International relations—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3619.A836A65 2011
813'.6—dc22 2011019505
First Edition: September 2011