Testo di assaggio

Tom Clancy

Patriot Games

[Titolo dell'edizione in lingua italiana: Attentato alla Corte d'Inghilterra edito da Rizzoli.]

When bad men combine, the good must associate;

else they will fall one by one, an

unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

-EDMUND BURKE

Behind all the political rhetoric being hurled at us from abroad, we are bringing home one unassailable fact—[terrorism is] a crime by any civilized standard, committed against innocent people, away from the scene of political conflict, and must be dealt with as a crime . . .
...to be carrying umbrellas. Ryan had been careful to check the day's weather forecast before setting out on his research trip. A fair day had been accurately predicted—in fact it had been called a hot day, though temperatures were only in the upper sixties. A warm day for this time of year, to be sure, but "hot"? Jack wondered if they called it Indian summer here. Probably not. Why the umbrellas, though? Didn't people trust the local weather service? Was that how the cop knew I was an American?
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