Ulaanbaatar
“Mr. President! Time to go to the airport. You wanted to meet the man from America, and he is arriving soon. The motorcade is waiting downstairs.” That was the Chief of the Presidential Personal Security Detail. He was a man of a few words and of the unquestionable loyalty, but his face was expressionless, offering nothing. He was tough, made of the same unbreakable mold the great khan’s bodyguards were. He will follow the orders no matter where they led, and the country was his priority. Yet, he would die for the President. The new man was coming. Would he die for that man? Was that man to die or to live for?
President Vagabundi raised his eyes to the plaque on the wall just above a suite of armor attributed to Batu Khan. The historians believed it was his or one of his sons. Everything matched including the symbol on the breastplate. It very well could have been his. The plaque above and somewhat to the right of the suite of armor was the 15th-century prophecy everyone in the country new:
The President got up, put the jacket on, checked the tie and the hair in the mirror, and went out. This was the day. Was the prophecy, right? Only the time would show, but the time was not on the Mongolian side. Somehow, nothing was going right. The country was not moving forward even with the baby steps. It was going sideways at best but mostly, backward to the problematic past. Could it be any worse than that? Maybe, but definitely, it could be better. Let see what the new day would bring, and the old prophecy had predicted.
Other Books by Boris Zubry
Mr. Boris Zubry is also the author of:
“Miles of Experience” — a collection of short stories;
“Miles of Experience — Revised” — a collection of short stories;
“Arrogance of Truth” — a collection of satiric stories, and poetry;
“Arrogance of Truth — Revised” — a collection of satiric stories and poetry;
“Chess Master” — a political thriller;
“Puska” — a novel;
“You, and I” — a collection of poetry,
“People, children, faces” — a poetic play;
“And Winds of Revolution Blew…” — a political thriller;
“Miles of Thoughts” — a collection of short stories;
“And God Created Cats” — a novel;
“From Russia with Hate” — a novel;
“Miles of Learning” — a collection of short stories;
and numerous literary and technical publications.
Copyright
@ 2018 by Boris Zubry
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All characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to a real person, living or dead, is coincidental.
ISBN: 9781099914898
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Zubry Publishing — ZP — Princeton, USA