were to be fought and how they were to be funded. By the time of the First World War, their economic power was so great that governments could be toppled simply by the movement of money and support as directed by this group. Generations passed and the old line died off, but still the Society persisted.
Now, nearly two hundred and fifty years after America had become a nation, the Society was stronger than ever, and its original purpose was becoming a reality: a one-world economic system, controlled and directed by this shadowy group of the most influential menâand now womenâin the world.
For hundreds of years the Society had been taught that a chosen one, or âLeader,â would rise to bind the world into a single economic unit. Several times in history men had risen to positions of power from the inner circle of the Society to grasp the reins of power. Notable among them in the twentieth century were Lenin, Hitler, and Mao Tsetung. But the time was not right for the one-world system, and each in his own time had been subverted and ultimately defeated.
Little known to the rest of the world at the time was that the purges executed by Stalin in Russia were to eliminate the order of Freemasons that threatened his power base. His attempt to demolish the Society doomed communism to oblivion as the Society directed an economic attack against the party. When another Russian leader was appointed to the inner circle, the economies of both Russia and China were virtually destroyed. The Russian economy was steered back to prosperity under the control of the Society.
The Society in America progressed on a parallel track to that of Europe. Because of the enormous economic wealth of the United States, it was necessary for the Society to organize yet another group of influential leaders who would serve as advisers to the inner circle. This group became known as the Council on Foreign Relations. Comprised of some of the best-trained minds in America, the Council eventually took on a semi-official government position as advisers, not only to the Society but to presidents as well.
Thus, a system of governments within governments developed worldwide, the ultimate goal being a base of power from which the âLeaderâ could control the entire world.
In the computer room at Andrews Air Force Base, Jeff Wells was developing a program to calculate the effects of the tsunami on the California coast. What he read in the printouts made him wish he hadnât looked. He checked and rechecked his equations because it seemed no one was taking his prediction seriously, even after the San Francisco quake.
âThe coasts of Southern California and Mexico should be evacuated,â he had told Dr. Eison. He was sure that Eison agreed with his conclusions, yet even he had failed to do anything about it. And soon afterward, he had been shipped off to Andrews almost as if he was a government employee. He had gone along with it, happy for the unprecedented access to some of the best scientific equipment imaginable, but what good had it done him?
Jeff thought, Here I amâhidden away in a government facility, isolated from the press and their questions. It is almost as if someone wants this disaster to happenâ âMr.Wells?â
âYes,â Jeff answered, startled back to reality. It was Cal Rutland, some apparent big-wig.
âCome with me,â Rutland said.
âWhere are we going? I have a lot of work to do,â Jeff replied defensively, even while he was getting to his feet.
Rutland held the door, clearly indicating he expected to exit immediately.
âIâd like some answers,â Jeff said with as much gusto as he could muster. âWhy am I being detained?â
âYouâll get your answers,â Rutland said with a semblance of courtesy. But his eyes revealed what his lips didnât; he had no intention of discussing the matter now.
Jeff followed Rutland to another part of the
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