Read The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume One Online
Authors: Greg Cox
Tags: #Science Fiction, #Fiction, #Star Trek
An intriguing aside: In her 1990 biography of Gorbachev,
The Man Who Changed the World,
author Gail Sheehy cites an unnamed American diplomat who describes Gorbachev and two of his chief advisors as the “the ‘Star Trek troika’—Gorbachev as Captain Kirk, the sage and driving force; [Alexander] Yakovlev as Dr. Spock [sic], the unemotional conceptualizer; and [Eduard] Shevardnadze as McCoy, the moral force.” One can only wonder if Gary Seven and Roberta noted the resemblance as well!
Chapter Thirty-Four:
The Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989, over fifteen years after Gary Seven first became aware of the
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Chrysalis Project. On the very next day, the Communist leader of Bulgaria stepped down peaceably, thanks to Seven’s behind-the-scenes meddling. The Cold War had ended, but Khan Noonien Singh was just getting started. ...
That covers the key events of Volume One. Just wait until we get to the nineties!
—Greg Cox
February 2001
(OCT, 2003)—Scanned, proofed, and formatted by Bibliophile.