The Messiah's Hand

<p> On a seemingly ordinary Monday morningan office secretary at Trusthousea reputable New Zealand Insurance firmis astounded when she checks her answering machine. A blood-curdlinganonymous voice has left a message on the tape sometime over the weekendinforming her that her millionaire bossOscar Silverhas been kidnapped and is being held to ransom. </p> <br/> <p> The information given is very curt. </p> <br/> <p> The Insurance company president's life is now for sale...The price-tag is one million NZ dollarsand the time limit24 hours! </p> <br/> <p> The voice was explicit- no police involvement or the old man prematurely meets his maker! </p> <br/> <br/> <p> The old man's life is now thrust irrevocably into the nervous hands of his naturally tight-fisted eldest sonIsaac. At his wits endSilver's eldest son and Trusthouse second-in-commandis now asking himself some frightening questions: Just how serious are the unknown assailants? Just how far are they prepared to go?���Can Trusthouse afford to pay up? Can they afford not to? And just exactly how far is Isaac prepared to go to find out? </p> <br/> <br/> <p> Is he willing to gamblewager with his father's life or will he quickly cough up the dough? </p>