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He was close now. Way too close. Fuck, Harvath said to himself again. Even with subsonic ammo in his suppressed H&K, the 9mm pistol still made a lot of noise. It would sound even louder this close to the house. Somebody was going to hear it. And whoever did was going to come to investigate. Fuck.
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CHAPTER 31 The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park stretched a hundred eighty-five miles from Georgetown
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Germany's famed GSG9 counterterrorism unit and until a bullet injury to his leg
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From the front passenger seat, one of Yaqub's fighters produced a short-barreled shotgun. As soon as Harvath saw it come above the line of the dashboard, he yelled, "Gun!" and fired multiple rounds through the windshield, killing the man instantly. The ISI driver tried to unholster his weapon, but Sloane was already at his window and fired two shots at his head, shattering the glass and killing him. When the fighter in the backseat on the..
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Colonel Jiang Shi hated politicians. Few possessed analytic minds. Fewer still understood the tenets of warfare. It was why he had wanted the politicians kept out of it. But the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee was the supreme decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party. Nothing in China was done without their permission. Shi had been left with little choice, especially when his superiors secured an invitation from the Gene..
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He spoke in hushed Arabic as he kicked off his shoes and began unbuttoning his shirt. He had dropped it to the floor and was just unbuttoning his pants when he stepped into the bedroom and saw Anne Levy standing there. In her hands was a suppressed, Elite Dark SIG Sauer P226, the same weapon carried by a lot of Texas Rangers and Navy SEALs. It was pointed right at him.
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Move or make a sound and you're going to the bottom of Dubai Creek. Understand me?
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Cowles sat next to him. Upon his lap was a soft, leather briefcase. Inside, his left hand was wrapped around the butt of a suppressed 9mm Springfield XD pistol. Harvath had made it perfectly clear that if Hanjour tried anything at all, Cowles would shoot him in the genitals or the stomach, neither of which was a good way to die
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Harvath sat in a corner of the Cafe Hawelka. A suppressed Beretta rested beneath a newspaper in his lap. Art posters covered the faded walls. The place smelled like chocolate and stale cigarettes. Taking a final sip of his coffee, he stood and set the newspaper on the table. His target was sitting with another man, near the window. Both were in their early thirties. Neither looked up. Approaching the table, Harvath said only, "Paris." Then,..
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Scot Harvath wasn't trying to hide. He expected to be seen. That was the plan. Be brief. Be bloody. Be gone. There would be handwringing by the Austrians, of course. But the politics of the assignment weren't his concern. The White House had been crystal clear. Either the Europeans dealt with their problem, or the United States would
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back to the border with Belarus. Though he would have liked to have gotten some sleep, he kept his eyes open and his head on a swivel the entire way. When they met up with the Old Man's smugglers and said their good-byes, he thanked her. She had taken a lot of risks on his behalf and he wanted her to know how much he appreciated it. Without her, this could have very well turned into a suicide operation. Climbing into the smuggler's truck, h..
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That wasn't why he had accepted this job. He had accepted it because someone needed to be willing to stand up and do the right thing for the nation, no matter what the personal cost.
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U.S. Navy SEAL Jack Carr (ret.) was once again incredibly helpful with details for this book. He also continues to be one hell of a thriller author. If you haven't checked out his books yet, do it. You'll love his writing. Thank you, Jack.
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Accountability, as well as personal responsibility, had been chucked out the window of American government. It also had been abdicated by the American voter. As long as most Americans could have their McDonald's drive-throughs, listen to their iPods, and watch American Idol, they didn't seem to care how negligently the nation's national security apparatus was being run. Bread and circuses. The Romans had it right. As long as people had food..
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I believe power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Too true," said the little man with a laugh. "Thank you for coming." "Don't thank me. Thank the United States government. Which reminds me. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an--" "Are you actually Mirandizing me?" Harvath shrugged. "It's a service we provide everyone now." "Even suspected terrorists?" "You've been living in the mountains too long,..
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As Ben Franklin was alleged to have said, those who would trade a little liberty for a little security deserve neither and will lose both.
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The Chief made several more notes. "Any PTSD?" McGee shook his head. "The joke in our industry is that guys like Harvath don't get PTSD, they give it."
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People weakened their hands by feeling they had to fill uncomfortable silences.
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The fundamentalism that drove them was a cancer. It infected almost everyone it touched. And yet the people best positioned to remove the cancer lacked the courage and the desire to do so. No matter how many atrocities were committed in the name of their religion and their God, the Muslim world was wholly incapable of combating the problem.
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The Russians wanted to enjoy the peace and prosperity of a civilized world, without the encumbrances of following any of its laws.
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Speed, surprise, and overwhelming violence of action.
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