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13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, (Brown Books Publishing Group, ISBN 978-1-933285-45-0) is a 2006 fiction book by L.A. Starks.

Oil refining executive, Lynn Dayton, manages six huge complexes that transform oil into gasoline. Robert Guillard, a sophisticated Parisian scholar directs the sabotage of US refineries, one by one. He believes, as did the cult surrounding Pythagoras, that his innate genius places him on the moral high ground. But he must cause huge refinery shut downs in 13 days or the refining cartel in Asia will cut his financing.

Robert convinces Lynn to cooperate with him in his goal to build refining capacity in third world countries. She believes it is a philanthropic effort. What she doesn’t know is that if she refuses, he will take her sister as a hostage. Ceil, Lynn’s sister, hides a secret which gives him leverage.



There is an accident at Lynn’s Houston refinery which arouses her suspicions and she suspects sabotage despite the government’s conculsion that the accident was caused by negligence Lynn works tirelessly to find the real cause of the “accident” and the saboteur amidst threats on her life.

In a short time, refineries that are very close are plagued with fires, explosions and deaths. Fuel shortages ensue and affect the daily lives of people all over North America. Finally Lynn’s investigation prompts her kidnapping. She must save herself and her sister while she tries to unravel plans of the nefarious saboteur.

A fully-researched thriller, 13 Days is sufficiently true to actual refining processes it has been selected as a text for an introductory college engineering course.

Publication
13 Days was first released in the US in May, 2006. The ebook was released by L&L Dreamspell in October 2010.

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