Momentarily confused, she struggled to understand what had awakened her from a deep sleep. She finally saw her mother peaking through the door. “Lauren, honey. Are you awake? There’s a phone call for you. They said it’s urgent.” “I’ll be right there, Mom.” Lauren threw back the sheet and pulled o...
Unakwik Inlet. How far?” Donovan snapped. Janie glanced down to the chart on her knee and immediately banked the helicopter to the north. “We’ll be there in fifteen minutes.” “We’re fifteen minutes away,” Donovan told Lauren. “How much time do we have?” “They’re doing sixteen knots. They’ll reach...
For the last hour she’d sat with two FBI agents and gone over and over what had happened. She’d described the bomber’s appearance, his actions, what he’d said, and the slight accent when he spoke. Despite her nearly photographic detail of the events, she knew it amounted to very little useful inf...
She was tuned into everything around her, and she watched as John maneuvered the Scimitar, keeping the infrared pinpointed on Donovan, and the synthetic aperture radar trained on the volcano. The mountain was spewing volumes of black ash into the air; the bright sunlight had nearly turned to dusk...