Chapter Nineteen GENEVA—UNITED NATIONS COMPLEX After the United Nations left its Manhattan headquarters, it moved operations to the UN Geneva complex, where it continued to pump out empty resolutions, taking to task any nation that dared to stand up for independence, individual freedom, and the right to defend one’s borders. Geneva became a locus for international intrigue and a place where diplomats could make off-the-record contacts, cut deals, and advance their interests without alerting the world press. Not long after eLiǔ Mǐn had his encounter with eMax, Academician Guo Qiáng and Academician Sergii Anatoly Borisovich met by the Celestial Sphere on Avenue de la Paix, the semi-circular path encompassing the green expanse southeast of UN Headquarters. The afternoon sun was above and b

