Mirror, Mirror at 1600 D.C.
by
Edward Galluzzi
CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada
Mirror, Mirror at 1600 D.C.
Copyright ©2010 by Edward Galluzzi
ISBN-13 978-1-926918-28-0
Third Edition
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Galluzzi, Edward, 1951-
Mirror, Mirror at 1600 D.C. [ electronic resource ] /
written by Edward Galluzzi.
ISBN 978-1-926918-28-0
Also available in print format.
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PS3607.A423M57 2008 813'.6 C2008-904161-5
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British Columbia, Canada
Dedication
I would like to thank my parents, William and Roberta, and my family and friends for their support.
In appreciation, their names, in one form or another, appear throughout this novel.
Acknowledgements
I wish to thank Brandon S. Jeffress of JeffressStudios (www.jeffstudios.com) for his creation of the cover design for Mirror, Mirror at 1600 D.C. I also wish to thank Patricia L. Demaree for her careful proofing of this manuscript.
Contents
Chapter 3: The Holy Man and the Man of the Gun
Chapter 4: You’re Mine Tonight
Chapter 6: Target ‘Target One’
Chapter 7: The Holy Man and the Sinner
Chapter 10: Confusion Would Be an Improvement!
Chapter 13: The Hunter and the Hunted
Chapter 14: The Calm Before the Storm
Chapter 15: Duty of the Cardinal Camerlengo
Chapter 18: One Dead? One Alive? One…?
Chapter 19: Prelude to Engagement
Chapter 20: The Mirror of Ashton
Chapter 22: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Chapter 23: No Signature, Man!
Chapter 25: “Alpha – Bravo – Zulu…”
Chapter 27: Back to the Hornet’s Nest
Chapter 30: Briefing and Debriefing
Chapter 31: How Many Surprises?
Introduction
Under any circumstances, the role of the President of the United States is arduous and replete with challenges. The enduring patriarchy of presidents had ended with the first woman elected to this high office in the United States. This pioneering leader is delighting her supporters and readily converting her critics when she is kidnapped suddenly. But by whom? And for what reason? The unfolding plot is a matter of survival…not only personal survival, but also hanging in the balance is the endurance of the Presidency and the privilege of democracy in America. It will take a very special agent to expose this sinister plot. But whatever the costs, the President must be recovered…dead