Inside a wide, dark hall, the smell of damp rot, dirty clothes, and old sickness filled the cold air.Rows of thin foam pads covered the cracked concrete floor, packed so closely together that there was barely any space between them. Hundreds of homeless people lay curled beneath thin gray rags, shi

Leo looked up at the banner.“Our Chairman, Ethan Sanders, organized the entire relief mission this morning,” he said with obvious admiration.“He heard that the winter storm had hit the shelter districts very badly,” Leo continued. “He personally authorized three million dollars from the Miracle Gr

“You want me to sign an emergency international compliance embargo against their foreign trade accounts.”“Yes!” Sterling shouted, slamming his fist onto the iron table. “An emergency global embargo issued under the International Strategic Trade Treaty of Geneva!”“On what grounds?” Weber asked with

The glass doors of the Miracle Group tower swung open with a loud chime. Heavy black news vans lined the street outside, their antennas pointed toward the cold sky.Anton Weber stepped into the warm marble lobby, his dark wool coat open and his gold tie pin catching the light. Six international exam

The news of Anton Weber’s arrest spread through the city within minutes. Every television channel replayed the same footage: the gold bars under the bright lights and federal marshals dragging Weber away in handcuffs.Inside his private legal office, Chief Justice Reginald Thorpe stared at the telev