McKibbin’s place, where you all checked in before coming to the Hill. The bus will head back at 1900—that’s seven o’clock tonight, for you civilians.” Or for anyone not used to European time, Fox thought. “If you need assistance,” the man continued, “Mrs. McKibbin can help you. Remember not to ta...
CHAPTER 12 Wednesday, October 22 6:50 A.M. Mercury, Nevada The straight desert roads made speed limits meaningless, but Craig kept his eyes nervously on the needle hovering at ninety miles per hour. Paige drove with one hand on the steering wheel, as if her government pickup were a spo...
They would wave aside checks and balances, safety regulations and argue that “natural” solutions were too slow, too late, and too ineffective. Alex flinched but stood like a statue against the public outcry. Once he dropped the first pebble to start the cleansing avalanche, Alex could collapse an...
When a prominent and abrasive nuclear-weapons researcher is murdered inside a Top Security zone, FBI investigator Craig Kreident is brought in on the case—but his FBI security clearance isn’t the same as a Department of Energy or Department of Defense clearance, and many of the clues are “sanitiz...