"Continuing Time - 01 - Emerald Eyes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Moran Daniel Keys)

didnТt think this one through all the way, silly damn frog that he is.Ф He
paused a moment and without looking at her said, УNo offense meant.Ф
УNone taken,Ф said Suzanne Montignet drily.
УNot that the opposition has prepared for it either. The Unification Councillor
for Sri Lanka opened the floor for discussion on the subject; so far this
morning thatТs been the most coherent thing anybodyТs said.Ф
УI see.Ф
Kalharri turned his head then to look at her. He grinned broadly. УIТve been
watching this damned box all morning, you know. I tried turning up the
brightness control earlierЕФ
УIt didnТt work.Ф
УAfraid not.Ф He turned back to the screen.
УAmnierТs here.Ф
Kalharri did not look back. He took a sip from his coffee before replying. УThe
guards told me. YouТre supposed to believe that heТs gone through all of your
documents in the last hour or so; torn your office apart, so to speak, however
neatly. HeТs been there for an hour already; he knows you donТt usually get in
until 9 a.m., and heТll be expecting you to come charging up to your office as
soon as you learn that he had himself let in to wait.Ф
УWheels within wheels. What do I do?Ф
УCommand,Ф said Malko Kalharri, Уbring coffee.Ф The word Acknowledged blinked
briefly in the lower right hand corner of the 3-D tank, and vanished. He lowered
his voice slightly to normal conversational levels. УAmnierТs appointment isnТt
until ten oТclock.Ф
УSo?Ф
Filled cups and condiments appeared on the floor next to the couch; memory
plastic raised itself up from the floor to become a table at KalharriТs right
hand. Kalharri took his cup and sent the table gliding across the floor toward
Montignet. УI donТt like surprises, my dear. They have a terrible tendency to be
lethal.Ф
УSo?Ф
УDarrylТs the same way, he doesnТt like surprises. Right now heТs expecting you
to arrive any moment, angry. So, have a seat,Ф he said cheerfully, Уdrink your
coffee and watch the politicians, and make the bastard wait.Ф

Excerpted from the Name HistorianТs Looking Backwards From the Year 3000; pub.
3018, Alternities Press, CU:110.00 Zaradin.
Wars which were, by the standards of provincial humanity, notably severeЧthe
wars were referred to as World War I and World War IIЧbrought home to the
societies of the time the need for some social mechanism that would prevent
similar man-made catastrophes from occurring again. With the development of
thermonuclear explosives capable of ending all life within the biosphere of
Earth, it became clear that some form of containment was required to prevent the
species from destroying itself, and its planet into the bargain.
In 1969, a child named Sarah Almundsen was born in America.
Sarah Almundsen became Secretary General of the United Nations in the year 2014.
With aid from members of the French and Chinese military, she assumed control of
the orbital laser weaponry, formed the United Nations Peace Keeping Force, and
declared the United Nations to be, under her УCharter of Principles,Ф the sole
legal government of Earth. China and France were the first two sovereign