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Het Delphi verraad
Ergens in de catacomben van het Witte Huis komt een klein aantal prominenten heimelijk bijeen. Het zijn de belangrijkste leden van de Delphi Commissie, een groep invloedrijke zakenlieden die, ieder voor zich, een gigantische multinationale onderneming beheersen. Het doel dat zij nastreven is macht. Onder leiding van hun voorzitter, die zich verschuilt achter de codenaam Prometheus, broeden zij op een manier om het gehele universum op de knieën te krijgen. Zij willen alle regeringen ten val brengen, alle nationaliteiten afschaffen en het totale universum als één allesomvattend bedrijf besturen; een economische wereldrevoltie, die onherroepelijk miljoenen slachtoffers zal eisen. Tracy Reynolds, de assistente van de vice-president van de Verenigde Staten, wordt door haar baas in vertrouwen genomen en belast met de opdracht de dossiers, die de rampzalige voornemens van de commissie kunnen bewijzen en aan de kaak stellen, in veiligheid te brengen. De commissie grijpt in en laat de vice-president vermoorden. Als men echter ontdekt dat Tracy de gevreesde documenten bezit, hangt ook haar leven aan een zijden draadje. Samen met Becket Scott, een jonge officier van justitie, tracht zij aan de machtige klauwen van het Delphi-syndicaat te ontkomen en de misdadige plannen te verijdelen. De meedogenloze jacht strekt zich uit van Washington tot München, van Amsterdam tot Peking: de jacht op een gestolen dossier en op twee mensen die het lot van de wereld kunnen bepalen.
271 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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About the author
Lewis Perdue
28 books41 followersLewis Perdue is the author of 20 published books: 13 thrillers (some bestselling, including 3 co-authored with Lee Goldberg). Lew has also written seven non-fiction works ranging from wine to technology.
He is currently a biomedical researcher affiliated with the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, publishes Wine Industry Insight (for the trade), is an algorithm inventor at Revolution Algorithms, and consults with early stage technology companies. He lives near Sonoma, California.
Lew is an honors graduate of Cornell University where he studied organic chemistry, biology and communications. Financially self-supporting at age 18, Perdue financed his education by working full time at two Gannett daily newspapers.
He has worked as an investigative journalist in Washington DC for Jack Anderson, and has written for The Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Nation and other publications.
He's served as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online, CBS Marketwatch, and TheStreet.Com.
In addition to journalism, Lew has been Chief Marketing Officer for a technology company (Transpositional Modulation Technologies), served as a top staff member for U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and Mississippi Governor Bill Waller. He's also been a Managing Director for MSLGroup of Publicis Worldwide.
Lew is a native of the Mississippi Delta, and -- like the hero of his thrillers, Perfect Killer & Hellhound -- is the disinherited scion of a politically powerful, Faulknerian heritage.
He is currently a biomedical researcher affiliated with the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, publishes Wine Industry Insight (for the trade), is an algorithm inventor at Revolution Algorithms, and consults with early stage technology companies. He lives near Sonoma, California.
Lew is an honors graduate of Cornell University where he studied organic chemistry, biology and communications. Financially self-supporting at age 18, Perdue financed his education by working full time at two Gannett daily newspapers.
He has worked as an investigative journalist in Washington DC for Jack Anderson, and has written for The Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Nation and other publications.
He's served as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online, CBS Marketwatch, and TheStreet.Com.
In addition to journalism, Lew has been Chief Marketing Officer for a technology company (Transpositional Modulation Technologies), served as a top staff member for U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and Mississippi Governor Bill Waller. He's also been a Managing Director for MSLGroup of Publicis Worldwide.
Lew is a native of the Mississippi Delta, and -- like the hero of his thrillers, Perfect Killer & Hellhound -- is the disinherited scion of a politically powerful, Faulknerian heritage.
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