Only small orange pixels stopped him thinking his computer had inadvertently shut down. He checked his watch. According to the mail, something should happen at around 11.23 a.m. local time, in only a few seconds. The KH-13 satellite was the latest increment in the keyhole programme under the control of the NRO, National Reconnaissance Office and to all intents and purposes did not exist. Its relentless eye watched everything, through any weather, day or night and was able to read the tiniest of details down to the serial numbers on dollar bills, it missed nothing. Its orbit had been diverted earlier in the day using its inbuilt rocket boosters, at exactly 11.20 p.m., the island had come into view and would remain so for the next ten minutes. Only people receiving the email would have access to the pictures. Even the NRO were blacked out from their own satellite feed. Unknown to them, the power failure message was one issued by the NSA agents who had taken control of the feed on behalf of Ernst.
