I should have known this moment would arrive, she murmured to herself. There was no way the Americans would leave me be when the world’s two superpowers are on the brink of war.
Epilogue
The father and son had now been sitting for more than two hours in a corner of the famous Pushkin Café. This was a well-known establishment, famous throughout the world, and not just for its excellent coffee, dark wood interior and book-laden shelves. The place was also an outstanding restaurant, adjacent to Pushkinskaya Square, bearing the name of Russia’s greatest poet. At the center of that square, a tall dark grey marble column bore the bronze statue of the poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, towering over its surroundings.
The former head of the KGB sipped the rest of his hot chocolate and then looked at his son’s face. “Did you understand, my son? I had the great honor of serving General Secretary Yermolov, and I helped him to prevent a third world war at the last minute. This would have been the most unnecessary war, just thirty-six years after the Soviet nation sacrificed twenty-two million soldiers and civilians in the Great Patriotic War.”
The son could hardly tear his gaze from his father.
“Father, this is the first time I have heard you speak of that sad affair.”
The former Head of the KGB combed his thinning hair with his fingers and smiled lightly.
“Yes, son, and at my advanced age, it is also the last time.”
About the Author
David Yaron (born 1951), is an intelligence Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret), in the Israeli Air Force.
Yaron has written three military-based novels two of which raised great interest upon their publication. The significant events in his first two books, predicted by Yaron in the plot, have materialized — years later, in the Middle East.
Today, Yaron works as a commentator and publicist on military and security issues on various newspapers and websites.
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