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THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XXIV
I stared at the two security men in their strange civilian, but severe attire, in shock. How could I respond when there was no possibility of selling an American-based life insurance policy to citizens of another country without licenses or permissions? My device to...![THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XXIII](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TukTuk.jpg)
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XXIII
The door closed almost silently behind me. I walked a few steps to the table and pulled out the chair on my side. I continued to stare into Nguyen’s no longer twinkling eyes and the newfound smile I’d seen at the hotel was gone. I sat down and waited. “How can I help...![THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XXII](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nguyen.jpg)
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XXII
I stood in shock, unable to say a word, my unblinking eyes staring up into glittering dark pupils in eyes that had never glittered before. He was too tall, and he was vaguely smiling as he held the door half open. People passed on both sides of us, using the other...![From The Wilderness, Article Fifty-Seven](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NorthKoreaNuclearBombs-1080x654.jpg)