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Название книги: The Golden Steed
Автор(ы): Jeffrey Lord
Жанр: Боевая фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Golden-Steed-192459.html
CHAPTER ONE
The ringing of the telephone broke Richard Blade's sleep. As always, he was awake in an instant. In his profession those who were slow to awake didn't last long. He reached one long tanned arm out of bed and picked up the receiver.
«Hello, Crawford here.» That was his cover name when traveling abroad on personal business. He was no longer an active field agent for the secret intelligence agency MI6. But here certainly must be people who remembered that a «Richard Blade» had been one of MI6's top agents for nearly twenty years. In those years he had done a good deal to give many people scores and grudges against him. If his name showed up nakedly on a Riviera hotel register, some of those people might be tempted to try settling those scores. And Blade preferred to take his holidays without interruptions or excitement. He got more than enough excitement on his new job.
«Ah, Francis,» came the familiar paternal voice on the other end of the line. Fuzzed and distorted
Название книги: The Golden Steed
Автор(ы): Jeffrey Lord
Жанр: Боевая фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Golden-Steed-192459.html
CHAPTER ONE
The ringing of the telephone broke Richard Blade's sleep. As always, he was awake in an instant. In his profession those who were slow to awake didn't last long. He reached one long tanned arm out of bed and picked up the receiver.
«Hello, Crawford here.» That was his cover name when traveling abroad on personal business. He was no longer an active field agent for the secret intelligence agency MI6. But here certainly must be people who remembered that a «Richard Blade» had been one of MI6's top agents for nearly twenty years. In those years he had done a good deal to give many people scores and grudges against him. If his name showed up nakedly on a Riviera hotel register, some of those people might be tempted to try settling those scores. And Blade preferred to take his holidays without interruptions or excitement. He got more than enough excitement on his new job.
«Ah, Francis,» came the familiar paternal voice on the other end of the line. Fuzzed and distorted
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