Nano Surveillance (Dave Henson Series Book 1) by Mark Donovan Read Free Book Online

people and their endeavors. Both had a philosophy of self-reliance gained from their modest childhood upbringings and their resultant hard work ethics.
                  Consequently, unlike the typical journalist of today, Dana Cogswell was no politically correct lemming. When she reported news, she made every attempt to show the entire story and let the viewers come to their own conclusion, rather than draw one for them. Unfortunately however, in recent years she had found herself frequently at odds with her boss and senior management at ABO. ABO increasingly toed the line to the current left leaning President and his administration, and often prevented her from running her reports without first major edits to them.
                  She knew in part the main reason behind ABO management’s actions. Since the purchase of a 51% stake in ABO stock by Greek billionaire Dimitris Barbas five years ago, ABO’s programming, and particularly its news content, had swung dramatically to the political left. For anyone who was even moderately objective it was not too hard to understand. Mr. Barbas was a self-professed progressive-liberal proponent that was intent on reshaping the thinking of the American public, a population that he had deep resentment for. In Barbas’s view, as well as with several other wealthy international billionaires, the United States needed to be reined in so that other countries could have an opportunity to raise themselves up in economic power and influence, equal to that of the U.S. Anyone at ABO that did not get on board with Mr. Barbas’s philosophy was quickly shown the front door, including several long time ABO executives shortly after his effective takeover of the company.
                  Dave walked into the restaurant lobby at the hotel at 7pm sharp.  As usual Dana was always punctual and was already waiting for him when he arrived. She greeted him with her gorgeous smile and beautiful green eyes. Dana was stunning to say the least with a slim athletic figure and long wavy brunette hair. Though she was now in her early 40’s she still commanded the presence of any man when she walked into a room. Though she wouldn’t admit it to anyone, she knew it was her looks that partially allowed her to still have her way with ABO’s editors on political stories that were not necessarily in full alignment with Mr. Barbas. She got ABO viewer ratings, and like many very wealthy businessman, Mr. Barbas liked seeing his financial accounts grow more than anything else, including accomplishing his own personal political agenda.
                  “You look as beautiful as ever,” Dave said, as he greeted Dana with a warm embrace and a kiss on the cheek.
                  “You’re looking well too,” responded Dana, as she wistfully thought of their romantic times together years ago.
                  “I’m glad you could meet with me on such short notice. We’ve been extremely busy at NSurv and uncovered some information in recent days that I wanted to talk to you about.”
                  The restaurant hostess came up to Dave and Dana and welcomed them to the restaurant. After showing them to the coat room she escorted the two to their table. Dave had specifically asked, when making the reservation, for a table in the back of the restaurant where it would be somewhat isolated from the other dining tables. He had wanted a little more privacy to enable him to discretely discuss with Dana the story of the Vice President down in Buenos Aires the previous week.
                  After selecting a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from the wine list and ordering an appetizer plate of bruschetta, Dave explained to Dana what his team down in Buenos Aires had uncovered at the International Summit on Global Climate Change. Though Dana had already been aware of NSurv’s nanotechnology and clandestine objectives, she was shocked to