By Doug Casey, founder, Casey Research | “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.” — Nietzsche | Prologue Some people just need killing. With his rifle’s scope focused, Charles Knight could see the condensing breath of the man three hundred yards away. He watched his target walk up a slight incline onto the mostly brown third tee. A caddy handed the man his driver. The club, with a head the size of a small melon, compensated for the man’s soft muscles and scrawny frame. This manicured golf course catered to three hundred elite members eager to hit the links as soon as the winter mud cleared. It hadn’t yet. Paul Samuels therefore played his early-morning round alone. The caddy would be the only witness. Concealed among the trees, Charles studied Samuels’s balding head and wrinkled countenance; he appeared as harmless as any elderly golfer. He didn’t look like a criminal responsible for putting the world’s economy on the edge of a precipice and transforming millions into modern-day serfs. But Charles wasn’t here to contemplate the man. In fact, he hardly saw him as a man, but as a creature whose essential nature was . . . alien. Samuels pointed to some dirt on the club’s face and, cleaning it himself, petulantly berated the caddy. He bent down to place his ball, gripped his club, waggled his hips, bent his knees slightly, drew back on the club, and swung. He stood totally still at the end of his follow-through, staring down the fairway as if waiting for Charles to act. The choice was binary: kill or don’t kill. Charles had debated the issue at length in his mind. It was a question of right and wrong, but not a simple one. If Samuels were threatening him with a weapon, there was no question—of course he’d kill him. He’d kill him if he were threatening a friend. But what if he were threatening some stranger? What if he were threatening a whole society? And what if there were no alternative ways of solving the problem? College sophomores tried to seem clever in philosophy class by asking whether it would be right to kill Hitler as a baby. Charles’s mind had played out many arguments for and against similar conundrums. Once he cut away arbitrary legal and religious norms, the rational arguments were of equal weight. Perhaps a better question was not whether he had the right to kill this man, but rather, did he have the right to let him live? His intellect had yet to provide a definitive answer, but his instinct—the practical combination of wisdom and experience—told him to take the shot. You Don't Need Gold Coins to Profit From This Gold Boom The forestock of the .300 Winchester Magnum rested on a small mound of dirt that Charles had formed just before he’d settled into a prone position that, while entirely relaxed, provided his desired natural point of aim as he lay protected from view in the brush. He pressed his cheek against the stock and exhaled. No breeze stirred. The air was crisp. The Winchester was zeroed in for this specifically confirmed distance and so he needed to make no adjustments to his scope. There were no other important variables. The birds stopped chirping then, or so it seemed. He gently contracted his index finger, drawing back on a finely tuned trigger. The final release of the firing pin had to be smooth. For a three-hundred-yard shot, no anticipatory reflex, no muzzle movement could be allowed. His finger drew back farther, enticing the weapon as if caressing the ivory of a piano key. Even through his earplugs, the sound of the powder exploding in the cartridge assaulted Charles’s ears as the powerful recoil impacted his shoulder. The smell of burned sulfur arrived next, acrid yet refreshing in the small dose. Smoke touched his eyes. | Recommended Link | Crazy trading method can pay out far MORE than stocks If you think these huge trades are options – they’re not. Even better, these trades can cost 25¢… 10¢… even as little as ONE PENNY a pop. PLUS, an elite group of our readers just saw a 19¢ recommendation soar as much as an extraordinary 5,100%. And, thanks to an obscure loophole in SEC Rule 30.52… You can place these weird trades right from your brokerage account. | | | -- | He stayed for a moment to watch the man fall to the ground. There was no blood. Crawling back ten yards into the woods, he arose, stuffed the rifle and its rest into his golf bag, then hiked to the car. He accelerated the rental down a narrow service road, swerving to avoid a wayward squirrel. No clouds marred the pure-blue sky. But the clouds of an impending economic and political hurricane marred Charles’s mind. The storm would soon overwhelm not just the US, but the whole world. There was real risk in this morning’s outing. Its consequences weren’t clear. He inhaled deeply in a futile pursuit of calm. Charles had proved long ago that he had the ability to kill an enemy, with forethought and intent. And that ability had been honed by eighteen months in the system. But he contemplated a better way to neutralize this golf-playing criminal. And it would be far more effective than his death. Regards, 
Doug Casey
Founder, Casey Research Rachel’s note: To find out how the rest of this storm unfolds… and if Charles is able to outsmart the cronies after him… you can purchase Assassin here. And be sure to catch up on the first two novels in the High Ground series: Speculator and Drug Lord. 
Reader Mailbag In today’s mailbag, readers react to Doug’s take on the inevitable breakup of the U.S… and our future under a Biden reign. Lane thinks Doug was right on the money… I am 82 years old, a psychiatrist, and a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. I am not easily impressed. I have had to wade through a great amount of bull excrement in my life, including that which my own professional association has dropped all over. Your article on cultures in America and the world, and your prognostications, was right on the money. Someone said that you can always spot an intelligent person. His or her opinions are the same as your own. I have read precious few articles where I have agreed with everything someone has written. I agree with everything you wrote. I am also greatly impressed with your clear eloquence. I shall send this article to my children, along with my praise. With your permission, I will attempt to send it to my Facebook “friends” and LinkedIn associates. Keep it up! – Lane But even though William thoroughly enjoyed Doug’s novel, he thinks Doug couldn’t be further from the truth… and that it’s only a matter of time before Trump drains the Deep State swamp for good… Doug, your comments are always welcome and to the point. However, with respect to Biden winning, you couldn't be further from the truth if you tried and tried and tried. Trump is on his way to four more years and he is playing the Dems… they will never know what hit them. Biden, Obama, Brennan, the Clintons, and myriads of other traitors will wind up in prison where they belong – if indeed they should be executed as in Assassin (by the way, I thoroughly enjoyed your third novel and its timeliness in this era). The globalists/elitists have always been against Trump, because he has seen through their agenda for over a decade. Now he can start to demontage the Deep State and all the scum in it. – William And finally, some kind words from Richard, who says he couldn’t put down Doug’s latest novel… I already have the book and am on Chapter 11. I could hardly put the book down, and now that I see there are seven in the series, I hope I live long enough to read them all. – Richard What do you think? Is Trump on his way to four more years in the White House? Or are we in store for a complete cultural war under a Biden presidency? Do you plan to catch up on Doug’s latest page-turner, Assassin? Let us know at feedback@caseyresearch.com.
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