I took in the contents of the Zodiac as fully as I could, at least what I could see. “Don,” I finally said, “Grab the canvas sack out of the boat. Dutch, get the top off the outboard. We’re going to need the cover if we want to heat...
U.S. TROOPS MOVE INTO ROMANIA Newsreel By James Strauss For months I have been writing about the real foundations for the Russian attack on the Ukraine. The first faints of the attack took place, with Russia striking at the heart of Ukraine in its capital, hoping...
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX Beyond Effective, But Not Maximum, Range Our situation’s complexity had just gone from that of a labyrinthine scheme, to that of a Gordian Knot. I saw but one course of action, and it seemed a darkly tunneled one without light at its end. I...
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE Morituri te Salutamus The Tundra Cat slowed. I had taken the back bench-seat. Don and Dutch were up front, with the drivers near the windscreen. The box of Johnny Walker Black label had been carefully jammed under the front seats. The...
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN Endurance Kasinski and his assistant preceded me through the pipe. Our direction seemed up, although from deep underground it was hard to tell. The cool air bit into my torso, now uncovered by the cashmere coat. I’d spent five thousand...