The Revolution Trade (Merchant Princes Omnibus 3)
“They were coming less frequently today, as the reality of driving across a continent took hold. ‘Isn’t that a little pessimistic?’ Huw closed the lid of his laptop and carefully unplugged the cable from the satphone. He slid them both into their pockets in the flight case before he replied. ‘It’s not sounding good. They got him into the high dependency unit more than seventy-two hours after the initial intracerebral hemorrhage. He’s still alive, but he’s confused and only semiconscious and, uh, I’ve done some reading. More than forty percent of patients with that kind of hemorrhage die within a month.’ Yul, sprawled across the van’s third bench seat, chose that moment to emit a thunderous snore. Elena, who’d been lying asleep with her head in his lap, shuddered and opened her eyes, then yawned. ‘What?’ ‘He’s not dead yet,’ Miriam observed. ‘He’s not going to die of anything nonmedical, not with Olga looking out for him. And he’s got the best treatment money can buy.’ ‘Which is not say...ing a lot.’ Brill hunched her shoulders behind the wheel, pulling out to inch past a big rig.MoreLess
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