The Predator by Denis Pitts
1976. The peaceful island of Elba.
Charismatic and enigmatic billionaire Jean-Paul Becker has gathered the Prime Minister of Britain, the Presidents of France and Italy and the Chancellor of West Germany for a summit meeting.
Suavely he informs them they are under house arrest and that Europe will be under his control; the efficiency of big business will replace the instability of democracy and the in-fighting between different countries.
As Becker watches and directs from his private plane, the most powerful industrial complex in the world swings into action, mobilising private security firms that far outnumber each country's police and armed forces.
Can anything stop such a surprisingly simple plot or the man behind it?
Denis Pitts (January 6, 1930 - April 19, 1994) was a journalist, filmmaker, and novelist. He is also the author of `This City is Ours' and `Rogue Hercules'.
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