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| British Egyptologist interviewed by US Homeland in The Smiting Texts |
[I note the passing of US General Stormin' Norman Scwartzkopf. There's a US Homeland character of his style in The Smiting Texts...]
(Excerpt from The Smiting Texts)
The blunt
instrument in the big blue suit didn’t try for points. His words came down on
Anson like a mallet.
“Frankly,
to many people you’re just a wild theorist. And that gives you a lot more
freedom to operate in. Nobody listens to you - and nobody watches you. We can
hide behind you.”
“You
couldn’t.”
Big Suit,
possessed of a pair of healthily clear blue eyes, had the feel of the military
about him, a relative of former US General ‘Stormin’ Norman’ Schwartzkopf of
Gulf War history perhaps?
This guy
couldn’t hide himself behind a pyramid.
“So you
need my lack of respectability,” Anson said. “That’s something I’ve earned. Why
should I spread it around? And what is it exactly that you want me to do?”
“This must
remain highly confidential, but we’d like to retain you as a consultant to take
a tour group to Egypt.”
“I do that
all the time. But I usually take fringe groups.”
“We’ll be
fringe, all right,” said the big man. “Not mainstream at all. Your tour group
will be comprised of intelligence community people. Think of it as a kind of
archaeological dig for information.”
“Intelligence
heavies on a fact-gathering mission in Egypt, led by an alternative theorist?
It’s bound to succeed. Look, archaeology and detective work are sister
professions, but you’re going to have to give me a few more clues. Where do we
start?”
